Two police officers have been arrested following a bank robbery that occurred at Prime Bank on Monday.
Also arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations is a cashier at the said bank situated along Mombasa Road.
The two police officers were attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit.
The incident which was captured on video showed how the four armed robbers walked away with bags believed to have contained the money.
The Monday afternoon incident left one of the security guard injured on the right arm saw the robbers make away with an unspecified sum of money.
“The two are currently undergoing investigative interviewing to establish how they also lost two firearms with a total of 60 rounds of ammunition in the heist,” said DCI through its twitter page.
Broad daylight robbery at Prime Bank along Mombasa road
“The incident which left one security guard injured on the right arm, saw the robbers make away with an unspecified sum of money,” said the DCI.
The police have recovered two firearms lost following the bank robbery at Prime Bank.
“The firearms were dropped by a motorbike pillion passenger outside Kiambu Hospital’s gate, shortly before the motorbike disappeared into darkness,” added the statement.
Further to our earlier update, Detectives have recovered the two firearms lost yesterday, following a bank robbery at Prime Bank. The firearms were dropped by a motorbike pillion passenger outside Kiambu Hospital’s gate, shortly before the motorbike disappeared into darkness. pic.twitter.com/zhYhRy2j7d
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) January 18, 2021
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