Police have arrested five individuals who defrauded a Korean national of Sh2.9 million in a gold scam.

Robinson Gitau. PHOTO/COURTESY

Serious crimes detectives arrested the five scammers after the Korean national named Song Sung lodged a complaint about the quintet.

Livai Kombo. PHOTO/COURTESY

Robinson Gitau, 35, Livai Kombo, 39, Fatuma Mohammed, 28, Eva Kimotho, 36 and a Cameroonian national Utia Kudi, 36 were in the covert operation.

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Sung was directed to a company called Ekweme Enterprises in Karen where he was shown some well-packed bars of fake gold.

Leading Sung to the establishment were some proxies police believe to be working in cahoots with the fraudsters.

Eva Kimotho. PHOTO/COURTESY

Upon receiving the money, the fraudsters immediately disappeared as they went into hiding.

After the matter was reported to police, the serious crimes detectives led the five suspects into a trap and nabbed all of them in one swoop.

Utia Robert Kudi. PHOTO/COURTESY

Police recovered fake gold bars carefully concealed in steel boxes during the operation.

The suspects are currently in police custody awaiting arraignment in court.

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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has cautioned foreign nationals intending to venture into the gold business to be wary of the fraudsters who target them.