Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday, September 16, made another arrest in connection with the Ksh72 heist money trail.
The DCI announced in a Twitter post that Benard Sewanga, a G4S officer who had gone into hiding after the heist was arrested in a newly-rented house in Ruiru.
He later led detectives to his father-in-law’s house in Lurambi, Kakamega County, where the detectives recovered the said Ksh1 million.
"Ksh1 million which is believed to be part of Ksh72 million stolen from Nairobi West has been recovered from a cowshed in Lurambi by DCI detectives working on intelligence," posted DCI.
Reports by Capital FM News stated that the money, covered in a black bag, was found buried in a shallow hole in at his father-in-law’s cowshed.
DCI boss George Kinoti confirmed that the suspect was escorted back to Nairobi where he is set to face charges.
Sewanga's case brings DCI's Monday arrest count to three in one day as two other suspects were arrested today morning.
John Kamau Mulei was arrested on the night of Sunday, September 15, at Muumaandu in Machakos County by detectives from the Special Crime Prevention Unit (SCPU), before leading the detectives to the house of his 60-year-old grandmother Mary Kyalo at Kalumoni.
Reports by DCI disclosed that Ksh2,389,000 was recovered at the granny's house in Machakos County. The grandmother was also arrested by the DCI.
More reports by DCI stated that Mulei was the brother to another suspect, Bernard Mwendwa, a G4S officer who was arrested on Thursday, September 12, for also being part of the gang that orchestrated the heist.
On Thursday morning, September 5, thieves posing as police officers made away with Ksh 72 million.
It is alleged that the impostors stole the money from G4S personnel and an ATM belonging to Standard Chartered Bank in Nairobi West.
According to Daily Nation, police officers stated that part of the money was stolen, while being transported in a van by G4S employees.
They were later arrested on Friday, September 6, and two of the suspects arrested with Ksh7 million turned out to be police officers.
On September 11, the suspects were released on Ksh1 million bond despite the prosecution opposing their release claiming that they were likely to interfere with investigations.
The suspects released include Chris Machogi, Duncan Kaveshi Luvunga, Boniface Mutua, Vincent Owuor, Alex Mutuku, and Francis Muriuki.
This was after claims by the suspects that they had been tortured by flying squad officers to confess to the crimes.
The case will be mentioned on September 23.
