Police have recovered two pistols and arrested three individuals in Nyangoto, Kuria West Sub-County, as the crackdown on insecurity and illegal firearms is intensified.
According to a statement shared by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspects were arrested after the police surrounded their hideouts and arrested them.
“An intelligence-led operation in Migori has led to the arrest of three suspects and the recovery of two pistols in Nyangoto, Kuria West Sub-County.
Acting on credible intelligence, detectives from Migori, backed by officers from Kuria West, swooped on the suspects’ hideout, recovering two pistols and five rounds of 9mm ammunition,” the DCI statement on July 4, 2026, read.
“Detectives also recovered a Subaru Impreza, three motorcycles, three welding machines, two grinding machines, a water pump, power cables, and eight assorted mobile phones.
The three suspects; Charles Mwita, Joshua Obachi, and Ignitius Likhanga, remain in police custody undergoing processing pending arraignment. Meanwhile, the recovered items have been detained as exhibits.”
Two arrested in Kimilili
Meanwhile, in Kimilili, Bungoma County, two suspects linked to a notorious phone syndicate have been arrested.
According to the DCI, an intelligence-led crackdown by officers based at Kimilili Police Station was launched following complaints from members of the public whose hard-earned communication devices had been snatched by the two suspects and their accomplices; a joint task force of police officers and M-Kopa Kenya Limited officers swung into action.
“The operation led officers to Jacaranda Youngers Electronics, a seemingly innocent shop in the heart of Kimilili town that served as the syndicate’s dark operational nerve centre,” DCI said.
“It was here that the two suspected masterminds, Harrison Kariuki Thuku, 26, and James Gachanja Kahuria, 26, were cornered and apprehended before they could make a run for it.
A quick search of their shop led to the recovery of 34 M-Kopa mobile phones and 39 assorted smartphones and flashing tools used by the tech-savvy thugs to wipe memory, alter IMEI numbers, and breathe new life into stolen devices before thrusting them back into the black market.”
The two suspects are currently held in police custody, undergoing processing pending arraignment, as a manhunt for their accomplices who are still at large is ongoing.
