Latest crime stories from across Kenya.
The court heard that Gathoni, listed as the third respondent in an application filed on October 1, 2026, provided investigators with information considered crucial to the murder investigation, prompting the Directorate of Criminal…
According to the National Police Service (NPS), the successful arrests came in the wake of an ongoing intensified security crackdown aimed at ridding Garissa Town and its environs of criminals.
During the crackdown, detectives recovered approximately 1,400 filled 200ml and 300ml bottles of suspected counterfeit juice, 56 cartons of empty bottles, five packets of bottle tops, two blue drums and three assorted-colour basins.
A 45-year-old businessman was shot dead during an alleged robbery at Igena Itambe along the Kenya-Tanzania border in Migori County on Wednesday night. Police identified the deceased as Paulo Chacha Nyahaba, a businessman based in Ntimaru…
A 38-year-old farm worker was found dead along a road near Malinda Farm in Lukenya-Manzooni, Machakos County, in a suspected murder incident. Police said the body of Musyoka Muteti was discovered on Wednesday morning, September 30, after…
A 21-year-old man was found dead inside a house in Cieko, Sunton, Nairobi, in an incident being investigated as suspected murder. Police said the body of Feruz Husein was discovered in a one-bedroom house on Wednesday, September 30, after…
Two suspects have been arrested after detectives raided a suspected counterfeit juice production facility in Muthua, Kabete, Kiambu County. The operation followed a tip-off from a member of the public who alerted the police about…
Prominent Zimbabwe tycoon Wicknell Chivayo is dead after a helicopter crashed in Zimbwabwe.
Witnesses in the murder trial of businessman Tob Cohen on Wednesday recounted his final known moments on the night of July 19, 2019, before he disappeared, with his body discovered 60 days later.
A Tanzanian couple aged 52 and 47 has been arrested by detectives in Mombasa in connection with an organized crime syndicate involving the drugging and robbing of long-distance bus passengers traveling between Nairobi and Mombasa.
Three suspects have been arrested following a multi-agency crackdown that uncovered thousands of bottles of suspected counterfeit alcohol and more than 900 packets of uncustomed cigarettes in Laare Division, Igembe North Subcounty, Meru…
Police are investigating an incident in which a matatu ferrying mourners had its windows smashed by unknown people following a dispute at Lang’ata Cemetery, Nairobi. The incident was reported at Lang’ata Police Station on September 29,…
Police in Tharaka-Nithi County have launched an investigation after the body of an unidentified woman was found in a bush near Makutano-Kathangacini murram road. The body was discovered at about 9 pm on Tuesday, September 29, 2026,…
A Tanzanian couple suspected of running a ruthless stupefying racket that preyed on unsuspecting bus passengers, drugging them and vanishing with their valuables, was arrested in Mombasa. The latest case came to light on September 18,…
A 25-year-old man has died after he was allegedly stabbed while working at a car wash yard in Kaciongo area, Maua, Meru County. The incident was reported on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, after a member of the public received a call…
Officers from the National Government Administration Officers (NGAO), in collaboration with the police, on Monday intercepted a consignment of illicit alcohol that was being transported to Kirigiti in Kiambu County. The multi-agency…
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has taken over investigations into allegations that a police officer attached to Lumakanda Police Station in Kakamega County defiled a minor.
Five suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Dr. Victoria Mutiso have pleaded not guilty, two months after her assassination in Upper Hill.
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has declared a one-month amnesty for individuals holding illicit firearms, ammunition and other small arms and light weapons to voluntarily surrender them to the…
In an affidavit filed in court, Homicide Investigations Bureau officer CPL Romana Odour says the five accused persons are jointly charged with others who are yet to appear before court over the killing of Dr Mutiso on July 29, 2026.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) chairman Duncan Ojwang’ Oburu has told the public not to resist unlawful arrest and should report any police manhandling to the Authority.
Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Lazarus Opicho, the Commandant of the Security of Government Buildings (SGB) and VIP Protection Unit, is dead.
British police said Monday five men arrested near an airbase used by the United States were released on bail, as Washington asserted a "foreign actor" was involved in the suspected bomb plot.
A 15-year-old Grade Eight pupil was killed after he was shot with an arrow while hunting with a group of teenagers in Kibele area, Baringo County. The deceased, a pupil at Kimorok Primary School, was reportedly among teenagers hunting in…
