Police have finally arrested a gang of robbers that have been terrorising city commuters recently.

The police officers who were on patrol at the Nyayo Stadium roundabout pounced on the three gang members Vincent Obongo 38, Mohamed Iddi Ndote 27 and Edward Kimani 22, just after committing a robbery along Mombasa Road on Thursday 2 am.

Police recovered items that were stolen from the unfortunate passengers.


Directorate of Criminal (DCI) detectives based at Langata contacted the owners of the stolen items, which included mobile phones to go forward and record their statements.

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Their style of robbery is getting rampant in the city lately.

The criminals usually sneak out PSV vehicles taken to garages for repairs and use them to masquerade as matatu operators and illegally ferry passengers at night.

After getting the passengers into their stolen vehicle and while headed to the purported destination, they rob the passengers of their belongings.

The matatus that are usually involved in this kind of robbery are commonly referred to as ‘Usiku Sacco’ because they are unroadworthy vehicles that operate without the required documentation and only come out at night when traffic police are not on the roads.