The long limbs of the law have finally caught up with the notorious mastermind behind the Mulot SIM swab syndicate in Kericho.

Police officers on bank duties at the Kericho Kenya Commercial Bank branch arrested the suspect identified as David Mutai alias Hillary Langat Matindwet narrowly saving him from imminent death at the hands of an irate mob.

Vigilant members of the public spotted Mutai in town and immediately went after him.


His efforts to give the slip to the members of the public bore no fruits as they caught up with him just a few meters into the chase.

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The police who had witnessed the commotion came to Mutai’s rescue and saved him from what seemed to have been certain death.

Mutai’s arrest came two 48 hours after detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau unmasked his identity and linked him to several incidents in which he and his notorious gang defrauded several unsuspecting victims.