Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday night, June 6, arrested an international fugitive who was hiding at the University of Nairobi (UoN).
In a statement issued by DCI, Mohamed Magzoub was flushed from his hideout at the UoN staff quarters by detectives from the Transnational and Organized Crime Unit.
Magzoub, a Sudanese national, was on the run and is facing charges of organized crime in his home country.
"Detectives have arrested an international fugitive, facing organized crimes charges in Sudan. Mohamed Nagi Mohamed Magzoub, holder of Sudanese passport number P******49 was flushed out of his hideout in the city," read the DCI statement in part.
The DCI noted that the suspect, who is currently in custody, will be deported to Sudan to face charges.
"Arrangements to extradite the suspect to his home country where he will face justice are on as the Directorate looks for the next available flight to Khartoum to hand him over to Sudanese authorities," DCI noted.
The investigating agency stated that the arrest was a result as a collaboration between police in multiple countries and the engagement with the International Police (INTERPOL).
However, it noted with concern the spike in the number of international fugitives who have been arrested in the country within the last couple of months.
The arrest on June 6, comes barely a week after Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh, a fugitive the United States of America placed a Ksh116 bounty on was arrested trying to leave the country.
Badru was nabbed by a multi-agency unit in Liboi, Garissa county attempting to cross the border to Somalia. He and two other Kenyans were wanted in connection with committing fraud, drug and ivory trafficking.
Charge De Affairs at the US Embassy in Nairobi Eric Kneedler noted that his accomplice Abdi Hussein Ahmed is yet to be captured. He added that the American government would pay the bounty upon the suspect's conviction.
On June 2, a thid person involved in the syndicate, while appearing before the the Manhattan Federal Court pled guilty to conspiracy to traffic in rhino and elephant ivory.
