Following a botched robbery attempt along Mama Ngina drive in Mombasa, a police officer assigned to Nairobi County’s Embakasi station was apprehended, along with two other suspects.
On June 28, 2022, Police Constable Hellen Wanjiru Wameu, Marube Harrison Biko, and Fredrick Gateri were captured two days after unsuccessfully attempting to rob a pedestrian.
According to a police report, the suspects evaded authorities after fleeing the crime scene in a Mercedes Benz on the day of the event.
“NPS officers from Mombasa county, pursued them, and they managed to escape using a using a Mercedes Benz KDE 711Q, silver in colour, and on 30/07/2022 at around 2202hrs, the police officers, managed to arrest them,” reads the police report.
“Upon thorough search, a pair of hand cuffs COA belonging to PC Hellen Wanjiru Wameu was recovered. Also noted, was that the registration number of the vehicle has been changed to KCB 363R, instead of KDE 711Q.”
The car was hauled to Mombasa’s Central Police Station, where the accused are being kept for further action.
