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| Suspect behind theft, slaughter of cows from Athi River kraals nabbed. |
At the night time of December sixteen, 2021, thieves raided a kraal in Athi River, Machakos County.
They herded several farm animals onto a white truck and sped closer to Dagoretti, Nairobi, nearly 50 kilometres away. destination? Dagoretti Slaughterhouse, the county’s biggest.
Now, the Directorate of criminal Investigations has arrested the main suspect at the back of this robbery, wherein Maasai herdsmen misplaced over KSh1 million.
Peter Njenga alias Sonko was arrested following forensic investigations. He operates a sequence of Nyama Choma eateries alongside the eastern skip, popular for its bars and different enjoyment joints.
while detectives raided those eateries- and allied butcheries-, they found that a kilogram of beef was going for KSh380, approximately 50% less expensive than average. Njenga’s butcheries are near Utawala and Ruiru towns, alongside the bypass.
“The forty one-yr-vintage lives in opulence in Utawala,” says DCI.
Maina’s arrest follows numerous reports by using Athi River-primarily based farm animals herders on accelerated spate of farm animals robbery in the beyond few months. DCI says Njenga, after being grilled in a single day, led detectives to his accomplices in the multi-million farm animals theft enterprise.
Among these accomplices is David Gachora, driver of the white lorry that ferried the cattle from Athi River to Dagoretti, and the lorry owner Samuel Mwangi.
“After finding out Gachora’s info in our criminal database, detectives hooked up that he has a history of ferrying stolen farm animals and has a comparable case pending at the Mavoko law courts,” says DCI. “extra arrests to observe.”
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