Second suspect in Sh140m Dubai cash heist arrested

George Maina at the DCI headquarters on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. /DCI
George Maina at the DCI headquarters on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. /DCI

A second suspect linked to the theft of Sh140 million

on transit in

Dubai has been arrested.

George Maina, 28,

was arrested on Tuesday

for stealing

and is expected to appear

in court on Wednesday.

The first suspect, Rebecca Musau had already been arrested and charged in court over the May incident.

DCI boss George

Kinoti said a

third suspect is still being sought by the police.

Musau was

arrested in Namanga town at the Tanzania-Kenya border in July.

Kinoti said after interrogation, Musau took the detectives to her home in Nairobi where police recovered Sh13 million.

The three are part of six guards of a private security company who were escorting the cash on transit.

The vehicle was on its way to Dierra city mall in Dubai for the refilling of an ATM machine at the time of the attack.

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