Detectives are investigating a robbery in which a businessman was trailed and robbed of Sh1.7 million.
This happend shortly after withdrawing the money from a bank along Mombasa Road, Nairobi.
The businessman reported that on August 1, he withdrew the cash from the bank and drove to his home in Syokimau, where the robbery occurred.
The suspects broke into his car and stole the money from the boot while it was parked at an apartment.
The gang reportedly followed the businessman for nearly five kilometers to his Syokimau residence, where they waited for him to enter his house before breaking into the car and seizing the cash.
According to the victim, the gang pretended to be on other missions at the apartment while their accomplices carried out the robbery.
The incident was captured on security cameras both at the bank and the apartment.
The businessman told the police that one of the suspects, who was later seen on CCTV in Syokimau, had been queuing at the bank at the same time as him but left the banking hall when the victim was being served.
The suspects monitored the businessman as he placed the cash in a safe in the car’s boot and then followed him from the bank to Syokimau, where they committed the robbery.
No injuries were reported, and the victim only realized the theft minutes later.
Athi River head of DCI, Wesley Kiprotich, stated that they are following promising leads in the case.
He added that the car used in the attack had fake number plates.
As part of the investigation, police visited both the scene of the robbery and the bank where the withdrawal was made.
No arrests or recoveries have been made so far, and this is the latest in a series of similar incidents reported in the area.
Police suspect the robbery could have been an inside job, involving bank staff and possibly other accomplices.
They have warned the public against carrying large sums of money, noting that thieves often trail victims from banks to their homes or workplaces, where they are robbed.
The police believe that some of the thieves pose as customers in banks to identify targets making large withdrawals, alerting their accomplices outside.
The gang is suspected to include bank staff, police, and other robbers, some of whom are armed and may use fake police equipment.