When police arrived, hell broke loose, with many escaping from the scene. Some nine motorcycles used in ferrying the group to the scene were detained by police in the drama.
According to police, the group was armed with crude weapons and was harsh to anyone who asked them questions on their mission.
Police responded to the scene and confronted the group, which turned bloody.
A total of 29 suspects were arrested in the drama and crude weapons were recovered from them, police said.
According to police, one suspect confronted the team with a machete, prompting the police to shoot him in the leg. He was rushed to Coast General Hospital and admitted in stable condition.
Police said ten pangas and six slashers were recovered from the detained suspects. A total of nine motorcycles were also detained in the drama.
Police said they are looking for more suspects connected to the drama. Cases of land grabbing have been on the rise in the area with many genuine owners losing their property to grabbers. Officials blame corruption for the trend. This has forced some parties to employ goons to guard their property.
Police say some officials at the Lands Ministry collude to enable the process of grabbing the targeted land. Another challenge has been the long legal processes of solving such disputes, police say. The DCI has devolved land fraud units to some regions to enable faster investigations of such complaints.
The police say the complaints on land issues are in the thousands, and efforts to solve them are ongoing.
"This is an issue that is being reported in many parts of the country overstretching the capacity of the agencies handling the same," said an officer aware of the trend.
