Police officers have recovered two more firearms that had been stolen from a police armoury in Homa Bay county.
This brings the total number of recovered firearms to three, one is still missing.
The two G-3 rifles were recovered on Wednesday by police based at Nyamasaria patrol base in Kisumu county.
According to the DCI, the officers were conducting foot patrols in the dead of the night when a numberless suspicious motorbike suddenly approached them.
"On sighting the officers, the rider immediately made a U-turn as the officers attempted to unsuccessfully grab the pillion passenger from the bike," DCI said.
In the ensuing struggle, the pillion passenger dropped a big suitcase as the bike sped off.
Inspecting the suitcase, the officers recovered two G-3 riffles, 175 rounds of 7.62mm calibre, nine 7.62mm blanks, one spent 7.62mm cartridge and one pair of handcuffs.
DCI said upon further inspection of the firearms, it was established the two G-3 rifles were part of the cache of firearms that had been stolen during an attack at Kipasi police post in Mbita, on November 16.
An unknown number of thugs broke into the station’s armoury at night and stole three G-3 riffles, one AK-47 assault rifle and 110 rounds of ammunition.
The recovery of the two firearms comes barely 24 hours after detectives recovered another G-3 riffle that was part of the stolen arsenal.
The had also arrested the main suspect Charles Nyumba Ongany, 27, at Abuje village in Nyando, Kisumu county.
This brings the total number of recovered firearms to three. All the G-3 rifles having been recovered and only the AK-47 assault rifle is still missing.
"Efforts are at advanced stages to recover the remaining firearm," DCI said.
