Crime scene
Police are investigating an incident where a
businessman was robbed of Sh900,000 in Narok Town.
This
was the second such incident to be reported over the weekend, prompting police
operations targeting the gangs behind the same.
Another
businessman was robbed of Sh835,000 after he had left two different banks in
Nyali, Mombasa County.
The thieves broke into the cars of the victims and
grabbed the cash after trailing them.
In
the first incident, the victim told police he had travelled from Nairobi to Narok, where he had a construction project, while carrying the money in a brown
envelope. He had withdrawn the money from a bank in Nairobi.
The
incident happened on Friday afternoon.
On
reaching Narok Town, he parked his Probox car in the Muthurwa area and walked
to the site.
He
came back about 30 minutes later and found his car had been broken into, and the
envelope which had the cash and a mobile phone was missing.
Police
were informed and visited the scene as part of the investigation into the
incident. Police suspect the thieves had prior information on the movement of
the cash. A hunt for the gang continued on Saturday.
Police
visited premises near the site to review security cameras to see if they could
identify the suspects behind the incident.
In
the Nyali incident, police said the gang trailed the victim from two different banks
where he withdrew money.
He
first withdrew Sh635,000 from one of the banks and Sh200,000 from
another.
He
told police the robbery happened on January 10 at a premise at about 1 pm. He
had been to two banks for the money.
The thieves are believed to have trailed
him from the banks to the scene where he had parked his car and left for
errands. They then broke into the car and grabbed the cash before escaping.
Police said they are investigating the incident and
that they were reviewing security footage that may have captured the crime.
Most
of such incidents happen out of an inside job, police investigations show. Police said
on Monday they were pursuing good leads into the incidents.
Elsewhere
in Ganjoni, Mombasa County, a woman lost Sh600,000 and jewellery in a housebreaking incident. The woman told police she had left for work and left her
house locked.
She
came back and found the house broken into and the Sh600,000 in cash, with
jewellery valued at Sh500,000 missing.
Police
visited the scene and announced investigations were ongoing to establish what
happened.