Police officers have launched a manhunt for a gang of five people who were captured on CCTV cameras stealing from a supermarket.
A report by Citizen TV on Wednesday, June 23, indicated that the gang made away with goods worth Ksh10,000.
Witnesses revealed that the thugs entered Ukwala Supermarket in Kirinyaga County on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 22, at around 1 p.m. before getting away.
In the CCTV footage, the gang is seen stashing goods -among them chocolates worth Ksh5,000- into their purses.
Richard Nyaga, an attendant at the supermarket, revealed that the thugs devised a new trick they used to get away with the goods without paying.
They had two people distract the cashiers while the rest stuffed the goods into their bags before hurriedly leaving the shop.
"This incident happened around 1:30 p.m. whereby a gang of five people came at intervals. They distracted the cashier. It was one man and four ladies.
"The man distracted the cashier and one lady distracted me. The other ladies then began stealing. They took the chocolates worth Ksh 5,000 and some dread works worth Ksh4,000," stated Nyaga.
Another attendant corroborated Nyaga's story confirming that she witnessed the gang steal a lot of goods.
"I saw they had taken many things from the shelves and I would like to appeal to the authorities to track down the individuals and take action against them," she stated,
This comes as insecurity incidents surged due to the effects of Covid-19 on the economy estimated to have affected over 5 million sources of livelihoods countrywide.
On Tuesday, June 15, A suspected thief was captured on CCTV cameras stealing at a church on Sunday, June 13 after his well-orchestrated plan was put in motion.
The man, dressed in a light blue shirt, first attended the church service at Joe Ministries Busia as a regular congregant.
The man stole a motorcycle that was confirmed to be a source of livelihood for one of the congregants.
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