Police in Muranga arrested an individual who was found in possession of telecommunication equipment belonging to Kenya’s biggest mobile service provider Safaricom.

The suspect identified as Leny Ng’ang’a stole Safaricom equipment worth Sh2 million.

Leny Ng'ang'a. PHOTO/COURTESY

Before his arrest, Ng’ang’a has passed off as one of Safaricom’s engineers at a transmission station in Murang’a.

He hoodwinked the guard into allowing him access to the transmitter station, but the guard’s intuition had negative about Ng’ang’a that pointed out to him being insincere.

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The guard acted on his instincts and alerted the authorities who immediately swung into action and made it to the scene.

Upon realizing that he had some company, Ng’ang’a dashed into his getaway vehicle that was parked nearby and sped off towards Saba Saba.

The police also did not back down from the suspect’s challenge to a chase and went hot on his wheels.

On realizing that he could not move faster than the police vehicle, Ng’ang’a pulled over and surrendered to the police just a short distance past Saba Saba.

A thorough search of his vehicle recovered more telecommunication equipment suspected to have been stolen from somewhere else.

Leny Ng'ang'a. PHOTO/COURTESY

He was immediately arrested and put into custody, and his vehicle was also impounded.

Ng’ang’a will be arraigned in court on Monday to answer to his crimes that are not limited to vandalism, theft, impersonation and other charges that may apply.