Detectives from Kamukunji Police Station have arrested a man accused of conning a Kenyan out of Sh450,000 after claiming he could secure a slot for a relative in the just concluded National Police Service recruitment.
The suspect, Samuel Lemino Sunkuli, allegedly promised to deliver an official docket number in Nairobi’s CBD. Detectives laid a trap and intercepted him before he vanished, finding him in possession of a forged docket number.
His arrest followed another sting in Ngara, where police rounded up three suspects involved in selling fake NPS calling letters to jobseekers. At the scene, officers found ten victims who had paid between Sh600,000 and Sh700,000 each for counterfeit admission letters to the NPS Main Campus in Kiganjo.
A search of a Toyota Sienta, registration KDV 295D, linked to the fraudsters exposed the scale of the racket. Inside the vehicle, detectives recovered Sh700,000 in cash and ten fake calling letters.
Tony Wanyota, Timon Kimeli, and Isaac Langat were arrested on the spot.
All four suspects are being held in police custody as detectives prepare to charge them in court.
The DCI has urged Kenyans to remain vigilant, warning that fraudsters are exploiting desperate jobseekers with fake promises of recruitment slots. The service maintains that legitimate NPS recruitment is free, fair, and strictly merit based.
