Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have apprehended three suspects linked to drugging and robbing revellers of their property. In a statement shared on the night of Friday, October 18, 2024, DCI operatives from its headquarters in Kiambu Road indicated that they received a tip-off from one of the victims and immediately acted.[โฆ]CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLEโถ
According to the victimโs report, it claimed that the trio were stupefying revellersโ drinks, robbing them of their property and later withdrawing money from the mobile money service.
Their well-choreographed operation saw the three suspects captured. โThree suspects involved in stupefying revellers have been apprehended by detectives from DCI Headquarters.
โThe arrests were made following a tip-off received through the Fichua Kwa DCI hotline, where a victim reported being drugged, robbed, and having money withdrawn from his M-Pesa account,โ DCIโs statement read in part.
DCI detectives indicated that the three areย currently in custody awaiting arraignment.ย โThe swift investigation led to the capture of Patrick Njuguna Karogi, James Kiratu, and Susan Njoki Waithira. They are currently in lawful custody, awaiting arraignment,โ the statement added.
The incidences of revellers complaining of being robbed had been on the rise. In 2023, DCI recorded several incidents especiallyย relating to female perpetratorsย hence coining the names โmchele gangโ and โpishori babes.โ
In March 2024, two women were arrested shortly after being accused of stupefying and stealing from a reveller at a club in Thika Town, Kiambu County. The duo was arrested as they escaped from a car where a man was lying helpless after the stupefying incident, police said.
They were spotted by the club supervisor who was concerned after seeing them forcefully dragging a seemingly too-drunk frequent customer to his Toyota Crown, before putting him in the driverโs seat. The supervisor then informed the police officer who then waylaid the suspectsโฆCLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLES>>>
