Four police officers, including a senior sergeant, have been detained until Friday 13.
The police officers are Sgt Daniel Wambua Mthini, Cpl Eliud Kipkurui Bor, Nicholas Murira and P.C Stanley Gitonga.
They were arrested on Monday, January 9, after allegedly attempting to rob two bank clients out of their Sh2 million.
In making the ruling, Magistrate Bernard Ochoi said that only one of the many reasons tabled by the prosecution was so compelling to warrant pretrial detention. He further said that all the other reasons could not convince the court to grant the seven days custodial order. He directed the prosecution to arraign the four officers on Friday, January 13, to confirm directions from the ODPP.
The two bank clients identified as Hassan Omar and Mohamed Hassan, had withdrawn money from Absa Bank, Mama Ngina Street branch in Nairobi, when they were allegedly accosted by the four police officers.
The cops allegedly bundled the victims into their car and asked to be given the bag containing the cash.
The police officers said one of the men, Mohamed Hassan, was being sought for an unspecified crime.
Nairobi County Police Commander Adamson Bungei said that the two men raised the alarm, attracting the attention of security officers manning an adjacent forex bureau.
The security personnel managed to secure the bag containing the Sh2 million.
The four police officers, however, managed to speed off. They were, nonetheless, intercepted at Muthaiga area and arrested after the registration plate of their vehicle, a Toyota Premio, was widely circulated in police circles.
