Latest crime stories from across Kenya.
An intelligence-led operation by the Special Operations Group (SOG), supported by aerial assets, killed 11 al-Shabaab terrorists after raiding a makeshift camp in Mandera near the Kenya-Somalia border. The militants, estimated to number…
Ongoing multi-agency security operations in Tana River County have recorded another breakthrough following the voluntary surrender of two illegally held firearms and several rounds of ammunition in Tana North Sub-County. In a statement,…
Police officers have uncovered a suspected cannabis plantation concealed within a maize farm in Kongoni, Nakuru County, and arrested one suspect. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said the discovery was made during an…
Police officers in Busia have arrested two suspects and seized 5.65 kilograms of cannabis sativa with an estimated street value of Sh169,500 following an intelligence-led operation. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said…
A multi-agency team has seized 13,200 litres of ethanol, thousands of packets of suspected counterfeit cigarettes and arrested seven suspects during an intelligence-led operation in Umoja, Thika West Sub-County. In a statement, the…
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Homicide Investigations Bureau have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Joy Kanini Gathu, bringing to an end an intelligence-led manhunt that culminated…
Police have launched investigations after the body of an unidentified man was retrieved from the Thika River in Kiambu County on Saturday evening. Police officers who responded to the scene found the body of an unidentified African male,…
Police in Siaya are investigating the recovery of a loaded pistol that was allegedly abandoned by a customer who fled a nightclub without settling a Sh10,000 bill. The firearm was recovered on Saturday morning at Dossier Night Club in…
Police in Trans Nzoia County launched a manhunt for a suspect accused of fatally stabbing a 28-year-old man during a dispute over a land boundary in Kwanza Sub-County. Witnesses said Brian Wekesa was attacked on July 11 after intervening…
Police in Nairobi’s Kayole area are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman who fell from the fifth floor of a residential apartment building following an alleged argument with her boyfriend. A team responded to the scene after a…
A parcel delivery truck transporting goods from Nairobi to Mandera was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning along the Isiolo–Mandera road in Wajir County. This saw many lose valuables of unknown values. The incident occurred Saturday at…
Four people, including a National Police Reservist (NPR), were killed in a pre-dawn bandit attack in Loosuk, Samburu County, as security agencies launched a manhunt for the attackers. Samburu County Police Commander John Mwai said heavily…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), through its Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU), has extradited an Afghan national wanted in the United States over alleged involvement in an international narcotics trafficking conspiracy and…
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have intercepted a trailer transporting cannabis worth approximately Sh24.7 million in Voi, Taita Taveta County, and arrested two suspects. In a statement, the DCI said…
A district accountant was robbed of Sh600,000 after an armed gang along the Bungoma abducted him and a motorcycle rider–Chwele Road in Bungoma County. Police said the robbery occurred on Thursday at Sikusi area. The victim, a District…
Police arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of two people in Kisii South Sub-County following an intensive search at the crime scene. This followed the killings at Mwankira II Village, Bomakombi Sub-location, Bomorenda…
Police in Bungoma County launched investigations into the murder of a 23-year-old man who succumbed to head injuries sustained during an alleged robbery after watching a football match in Kamukuywa Township. The victim, Allan Okuku Osida,…
A 35-year-old man arrested over an alleged rape case died after he was found hanging inside a police cell at Kabiruini Police Station in Nyeri County. The incident occurred at around 10:35 p.m. on Wednesday, according to police. An officer…
Detectives arrested two more suspects in connection with a robbery with violence and murder case in Mombasa and recovered suspected stolen tanzanite minerals valued at an estimated USD 40,000. A team acted on intelligence and conducted an…
Four suspects have been arrested in Nairobi over an alleged employment fraud scheme in which unsuspecting job seekers were promised recruitment into the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in exchange for money. In a statement issued on…
Five suspects were arrested following a police operation targeting a criminal syndicate linked to a spate of robberies and mobile phone snatching incidents across Nairobi and its surrounding areas. The operation, conducted on Wednesday…
Police in Teso South Sub-County, Busia County launched investigations into a suspected murder after the body of an unidentified man was discovered dumped along the Amerikwai–Malaba Road. The incident was reported at about 11:00 a.m. on…
The police investigations revealed the four men who were shot dead along the Eldoret–Kiplombe–Soy Road in Eldoret are linked to the murder of Nakuru PCEA cleric Reverend Julius Ndumia. This was after investigations forensically placed the…
Detectives in Machakos County launched investigations into the murder of a 34-year-old trained teacher who was found dead inside her rented room in Kangundo Sub-county. The incident was reported on Tuesday after the woman was discovered…
