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Crime scene<\/p>\nCrime scene<\/p>\n
Police are investigating an incident where a
\nbusinessman was robbed of Sh900,000 in Narok Town.<\/p>\n
This
\nwas the second such incident to be reported over the weekend, prompting police
\noperations targeting the gangs behind the same.<\/p>\n
Another
\nbusinessman was robbed of Sh835,000 after he had left two different banks in
\nNyali, Mombasa County.<\/p>\n
The thieves broke into the cars of the victims and
\ngrabbed the cash after trailing them.<\/p>\n
In
\nthe 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
\nenvelope. He had withdrawn the money from a bank in Nairobi.<\/p>\n
\nThe
\nincident happened on Friday afternoon.
\nOn
\nreaching Narok Town, he parked his Probox car in the Muthurwa area and walked
\nto the site.<\/p>\n
\nHe
\ncame back about 30 minutes later and found his car had been broken into, and the
\nenvelope which had the cash and a mobile phone was missing.<\/p>\n
\nPolice
\nwere informed and visited the scene as part of the investigation into the
\nincident. Police suspect the thieves had prior information on the movement of
\nthe cash. A hunt for the gang continued on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\nPolice
\nvisited premises near the site to review security cameras to see if they could
\nidentify the suspects behind the incident.
\nIn
\nthe Nyali incident, police said the gang trailed the victim from two different banks
\nwhere he withdrew money.<\/p>\n
He
\nfirst withdrew\u00a0Sh635,000 from one of the\u00a0banks and Sh200,000 from
\nanother.<\/p>\n
He
\ntold police the robbery happened on January 10 at a premise at about 1 pm. He
\nhad been to two banks for the money. <\/p>\n
The thieves are believed to have trailed
\nhim from the banks to the scene where he had parked his car and left for
\nerrands. They then broke into the car and grabbed the cash before escaping.<\/p>\n
Police said they are investigating the incident and
\nthat they were reviewing security footage that may have captured the crime.<\/p>\n
Most
\nof such incidents happen out of an inside job, police investigations show. Police said
\non Monday they were pursuing good leads into the incidents.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere
\nin 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
\nhouse locked.<\/p>\n
\nShe
\ncame back and found the house broken into and the Sh600,000 in cash, with
\njewellery valued at Sh500,000 missing.<\/p>\n
\nPolice
\nvisited the scene and announced investigations were ongoing to establish what
\nhappened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crime scene Police are investigating an incident where a
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