Goods recovered after a burglary suspect was arrested in Narok./NPS
Police in Narok have arrested a man believed to be behind a spate of housebreakings in the town.
The suspect was nabbed on June 17 during an operation led by the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) from Narok Police Station.
Officers acted on credible intelligence and raided the suspect’s residence in the Majengo area.
During the raid, police recovered stolen items including three 6kg gas cylinders, two generators, and several electronic appliances.
The National Police Service said the suspect was the main perpetrator captured in CCTV footage linked to several burglary incidents in Narok Town.
“The recovered items have been secured as evidence,” police said.
The suspect was recently released from prison on similar charges. He is currently in custody awaiting arraignment in court.
On June 14, two suspects were attacked and lynched by a mob after allegedly stealing and slaughtering a sheep in a village in Kinangop, Nyandarua County.
Police said the two, who are believed to be related, were caught red-handed after slaughtering a sheep, one of three reported missing by a neighbour on June 12.
The other two sheep were not found, police said.
Both were subjected to mob justice and killed, and their bodies set ablaze in the compound. Their screams and pleas went unheard.
The two bodies, burnt beyond recognition, were later moved to the mortuary, police said.
This comes amid a campaign to address the menace of mob lynching in both urban and rural areas.
Police term the trend worrying and criminal, and urge that suspects be surrendered to authorities for due process.
