Three suspects accused of being behind the theft of more than 10 vehicles in Nairobi and Kajiado were charged on Monday.
Nahashon Ayiecha, alias Kindler, Peter Njuguna, alias Ndingo and Caleb Aluanga, alias Macho are facing more than 20 counts, including conspiracy to commit felonies and stealing cars.
The charges are in four different files.
The suspects are accused of drugging motorists and security guards in
Nairobi West, Lang'ata, South C and Kitengela before stealing cars.
They
denied the charges before senior resident magistrate Hellen Okwany.
The suspects were arrested in Silanga, Kibra, last week.
Detectives from Lang'ata found them with a bottle containing nine
Roche Valium
tablets and tools used to break into vehicles.
Some drugged security guards were found deep asleep, hours after vehicles were stolen from estates.
Others were found unconscious after they were beaten and seriously wounded.
Okwany ordered the suspects be released on a Sh600,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount with the alternative of bail.
The suspects' accomplice was arrested in Kirinyaga last year after a stolen car was tracked to his home using the vehicle's tracking system.
He denied the charge when he appeared in a Milimani court last year.
Lang'ata DCI chief Samson Kiptum on Monday said the cases will be consolidated for a joint trial.