Latest crime stories from across Kenya.
Police officers have seized and destroyed more than 3,000 litres of illicit brew during a crackdown on narcotic drugs and illegal alcohol dens in Kahawa West, Nairobi. The operation was conducted by officers from Kahawa West Police Station…
A high-speed chase along the busy Eldoret-Nakuru Highway ended with the arrest of two suspected drug traffickers and the seizure of cannabis valued at Sh3.3 million. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on Monday that the…
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer and two of his relatives were arrested in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old man whose body was discovered buried in a shallow grave in Mbeere North, Embu County. The suspects included a KDF…
Police have launched investigations and manhunt after two armed men raided a women’s chama meeting in Nairobi’s Saika estate and escaped with cash and a mobile phone. The robbery occurred at about 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, at Sheek’s…
Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed inside a sack and dumped near the Nairobi River in Dagoretti, Nairobi. The grim discovery was made on Sunday morning in the Kampi Moto…
No injuries were reported after suspected al-Shabaab militants attacked a Safaricom telecommunications mast located within a school compound in Dadaab, Garissa County, in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at…
The main suspect in the murder of a prison warder attached to Sotik GK Prison was found dead after an apparent suicide in Kabunyony Forest in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County. Police said the body of Geoffrey Kiprono Walley, who had been…
Police in Kisumu County are investigating the death of an unidentified teenage boy whose body was found on a road in Seme Sub-County following a commotion during a funeral night vigil. The body of the boy, believed to be about 16 years…
Police recovered the bodies of two men believed to be suspected livestock bandits following a security operation to recover stolen livestock in Tigania East Sub-County, Meru County. The bodies were found on Saturday afternoon in the…
Police launched investigations into the suspected murder of an unidentified man whose body was found dumped along the Nairobi–Naivasha Highway in Limuru, Kiambu County. The body of the African male, believed to be about 20 years old, was…
A 23-year-old man was killed following a violent confrontation between two groups of youths during a community construction project in Kayole, Nairobi. The deceased, identified as Edwin Musanga, had joined members of the East-Side Youth…
The prime suspect in the murder of three men in Kiambu Town has been transferred to Kiambu Police Station ahead of his expected appearance in court as detectives seek more time to complete investigations. Police said Moses Kinyua Kigera…
A suspected love triangle turned deadly in Nairobi’s Fuata Nyayo estate after a man was fatally stabbed during a confrontation over a woman. The victim, identified as Boniface Mirongo Ombiro, died while undergoing treatment at South B…
Police in Uasin Gishu County arrested a 13-year-old boy after the body of a five-year-old PP1 pupil was recovered from a borehole in what is being investigated as a suspected murder. According to police, the incident was reported at about…
Police in Kiambu County launched investigations after a man was found dead inside a bar in Githurai 45 in a case suspected to involve stupefying. The incident was reported on Wednesday afternoon by the manager of Marina Lounge, after a…
Police in Migori County launched investigations after a middle-aged woman was shot and robbed of cash and mobile phones by unknown assailants in Suna West Sub-County. The victim was attacked on Tuesday at about 8:30 p.m. in Nyangubo area,…
Police launched a major manhunt after a suspect allegedly grabbed a police officer’s firearm and escaped during an attempted arrest in Murang’a South Sub-County. According to police, the incident occurred on Tuesday evening at around 5:00…
Police in Embu are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man whose decomposing body was discovered inside an apartment after neighbours complained of a foul smell. According to police, the incident was reported on Tuesday, July 21, by…
Detectives launched a manhunt for an 18-year-old suspect accused of fatally stabbing a fellow teenager in Nairobi’s Dandora area. According to the police, the attack occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday, July 22, near the gate of…
Detectives in Nyeri arrested two suspects after a 68-year-old man was found dead inside a vehicle that had veered into a ditch in what is being investigated as a suspected murder. The incident was reported on Tuesday in the Gachika area of…
Three casual workers were killed after a suspected former caretaker allegedly attacked them while they slept at a residential compound in Kiambu Town on Tuesday morning. Police said the incident occurred at a property along Mukumo Drive…
Police in Nyandarua County are investigating murder after the decomposed body of an unidentified man was discovered in a bush near Ol Kalou Township. The body was found on Tuesday afternoon in the Kanyamwe area after a member of the public…
An autopsy confirmed that hotel intern Margaret Wambui died from multiple severe fractures sustained after falling from a 34-storey building in Nairobi. The post-mortem examination, conducted at the Nairobi Funeral Home, established that…
Detectives from the DCI Headquarters’ Land Fraud Investigations Unit (LFIU) apprehended Abdulahi Musdaf Hussein, a lawyer based in Nairobi, for his involvement in a land fraud scheme to deprive a rightful owner of her property. The…
