Six suspects including four police officers alleged to have trailed a school accountant from a bank in Utawala on Monday afternoon before breaking into his car and disappearing with Sh2.2 million have been arrested.
The six were arrested by a combined team of sleuths from DCI Nairobi region and Kayole subcounty.
A total of Sh473,000 believed to be part of the stolen amount was allegedly recovered from the six, police said.
In the earlier incident reported to the police, the accountant had withdrawn an amount in excess of the Sh2.2 million that was stolen, intended for the payment of casual workers at the said school.
Unbeknownst to him the suspects using a saloon car were hot on his trail right from when he parked his car outside the bank to when he left with the load of cash.
The accountant had then parked his car outside the school, taken some amount from the withdrawn sum, locked the car and entered the school compound. He told police he could not carry the whole amount.
Minutes later when he went back to pick up more cash, he found the car broken into and money missing.
A team of DCI officers from the Nairobi region and Kayole obtained crucial actionable intelligence and proceeded to Utawala area in pursuit of a suspect they had identified from CCTV analysis.
On arrival, the team learnt that the suspect had been picked up moments earlier by unknown people driving in a Subaru car.
According to police, further intelligence led the team to a police station, where the six were ambushed in a GK vehicle.
They were forced to identify themselves in the presence of the subcounty police commander, his deputy and the subcounty Criminal Investigations Officer.
The DCI subcounty head confirmed that the arrested officers were neither on official duty to Utawala nor working under his instructions.
Upon search, Sh350,000 was found in the car and another Sh123,000 was retrieved from their pockets.
Further two motor vehicles were detained.
All the suspects were placed in custody as further investigations continue.
Police say there have been cases of police officers being involved in crime.
The authorities say they have internal mechanisms for dealing with such incidents.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei termed the incident isolated and vowed justice.
“We are dealing with all cases professionally,” he said.
