Detectives based at DCI Starehe are looking for three suspects who raided a drinking joint at Ruaraka’s Kasabuni area and ordered all revelers to lie down before ransacking their pockets and fleeing into darkness.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the three miscreants who were armed with a firearm initially posed as vagabonds of unsound mind carrying sacks on their backs, before entering Reke Marie pub to seek for alms.
“All this while, the revelers who were unperturbed by the trio’s presence continued corroding their esophageal glands with impunity as they downed cold swallows until one of the presumed madmen whipped out a firearm and ordered everyone to lie down!” the DCI narrated.
The thugs then had a field day ransacking their pockets for mobile phones, cash and other valuables.
“But as they made their exit, the reveler who was drunk as a fiddler and couldn’t keep his mouth shut burst out unprintable words related to the canines family, much to the chagrin of his drinking mates who feared for their lives,” the DCI added.
This prompted the thugs to fire two rounds in the air attracting the attention of police officers on patrol, who immediately rushed to the scene.
However, by the time of their arrival, the thugs had vanished into darkness.
Two empty cartridges of 7.62mm were collected at the scene. Meanwhile, police are pursuing leads into the whereabouts of the thugs masquerading as beggars.
