Five persons masquerading as Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers were on Thursday, September 3, nabbed by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths.
The five were identified as Sharoq Afzal Shah, Jamal Hassan Ali, Fred Ngusare, Francis Saitabau and Junaid Mehmood Osman.
DCI had been on hot pursuit of the five suspects accused of terrorising the public with their activities mainly focused in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD).
"Five Individuals personating Kenya Defence Forces, National Police Service and Intelligence officers whose activities within the Nairobi CBD are in question have been arrested by DCI sleuths and are currently in lawful custody," read a statement from DCI.
The five were arrested in two separate cars at T-Mall area in Nairobi after being on the DCI's radar for some time.
Among the items recovered during the search of the two vehicles included a pair of handcuffs, fake NIS and KDF identification cards, gate passes and walkie talkies.
DCI urged members of the public who may have fallen victim to the activities of such individuals to visit their offices in Lang'ata, Nairobi.
Mombasa Deputy County Commander Joseph Chebii acknowledged the process of identifying a fake police officer was quite challenging.
"What one can do is to call any police station or a senior police officer to verify the service number but differentiating a fake police ID is not an easy task.
"There are also some of the physical features such as detail in dressing and grooming because most police officers as well-kempt," he noted.
There has been a rise of persons masquerading as security officials with just a day before two individials identified as Dennis Muturi Nyakundi and Victor Onsare arrested for posing as DCI detectives and summoning a member of the National Assembly.
