Two police officers were on Thursday, February 29, arraigned at the Busia Law courts on allegations of having defrauded two German nationals at the Busia border.
The prosecution claimed that the Officer Commanding the Busia station, along with his assistant, purportedly defrauded the German nationals of Ksh2.6 million on February 24, 2024.
A businessman, operating in Busia town, was also accused of having helped the two officers in executing the crime, with police officers launching investigations to gather more information surrounding the case.
The alleged accused persons were detained at an earlier date after the two victims reported the incident, after which investigations led to arrests.
The prosecution has further recommended that the court transfer the matter to another station far from the Busia law, to ensure justice is served.
“The prosecution made their argument to transfer the matter to another station, but our position is there is no application for transfer of the case to any other station,” the investigating officer stated.
In defending their decision to retain the case in Busia, the officers highlighted that the circumstances surrounding the incident had not been fully ascertained. They emphasized that there were additional aspects to the case that warranted further investigation.
In a similar incident, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers on February 27 arrested the main suspect in a fake gold syndicate that attempted to defraud two Malaysian nationals Ksh2.8 billion.
The mastermind, who had been in a hideout since December last year, was part of a gang that was arrested while in the process of a gold deal at a rental apartment in the Lavington area in Nairobi.
KMN was detained at the Milimani Law courts while attending to another gold scam case, for which he was out on bond.
"The scene was processed and several exhibits recovered including metallic boxes, 84 gold coated metallic bars, smelting tools, computers, documents & stamps from an international company and several uniforms from the security firm," DCI noted at the time.
The suspect was arraigned before Judge Ondieki at the Milimani High Court on Wednesday, where he faced charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and attempted commission of the same. He was granted release on a Ksh3 million bond or an alternative cash bail of Ksh1 million.
