DCI busts online dating sites robbery band

Police have actually arrested four suspects in Ruaka property in Kiambu for presumably making use of online sites that are dating attract males who’re then kidnapped, tortured and robbed.

Detectives through the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on Sunday night arrested the four specifically Bernard Mbunga, Fredrick Mutiso Mutua, Catherine Mumbi Kivuva and Kelvin Nzioki regarding the the robberies.

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A authorities declaration stated a Turkish nationwide had been rescued from a home that the detectives had raided within Ruaka property.

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“At minimum three males were lured to a house in mid-June underneath the guise of socialising with a woman that is attractive. If they arrived, a lady came across them into the driveway and escorted them in. The victims had been then robbed, ‘viciously tortured’ and beaten,” authorities stated.

Police included that Catherine had been the bait on an on-line site that is dating. When males honour an invite to “her” home, they certainly were held against their will, beaten, kicked and pistol-whipped for the evening.

“The suspects threatened to damage the victims’ families into their cars, driving to various ATMs before forcing them to withdraw money from various bank accounts,” police added if they didn’t cooperate before forcing them.

The victims are later on dumped on deserted roadways. Lang’ata detectives, who’ve been pursuing the suspects, arrested one during the Ruaka Cooperative Bank ATM booth and discovered him aided by the Turkish national’s ATM cards and PINs prepared for deals.

He previously additionally withdrawn some dough through the victim’s M-Pesa.

Following the arrest, authorities established that the suspect that is first defined as Mbunga, had been desired having escaped through a border wall in an early on event where an Indian nationwide ended up being robbed in a similar way in Imara Daima property.

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He could be considered to have recruited the brand new group that ended up being arrested final Sunday.

Through the procedure, authorities recovered a Cooperative Bank PDQ device and lots of phones that are mobile.

The rescued victim ended up being taken up to hospital for medical assistance.

Final thirty days, DCI arrested and soon after arraigned in court two different people suspected of kidnapping and robbing the person.

The 2, Mary Mukii Kioko and Gideon, allegedly lured Naraj Devraj, and robbed him Stitle08,000.

Devraj had been kidnapped in Nairobi western, robbed and later dumped near Sameer company Park along Mombasa path, having been lured by Ms Kioko to her home, police stated.

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Devraj stated he had been visiting their feminine friend’s house in Nairobi western. He claims that after neglecting to meet with the friend, he hailed a taxi, but two guys forcefully boarded the same car and sandwiched him.

He stated their attackers had blindfolded and purchased him to call their boss and son to deliver them ransom to secure their launch.

The kidnappers thereafter demanded their ATM PINs but Devraj ended up being reluctant to show the exact same. This is certainly if they took him up to a homely home where he had been stripped nude.

A semi-nude girl forcefully embraced him as their images had been taken by the suspects whom threatened to leak them if he neglected to let them have his ATM PIN.

Detectives stated they recovered six smart phones, a PDQ device and a realtor guide from a local bank that is commercial assorted ATM cards, among other things.

The other day, authorities warned Kenyans and foreigners to be skeptical of online sites that are dating.

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