Team probes how bullets left armoury

Detectives will on Tuesday move to the Administration Police central armoury to establish how individuals acquired huge quantities of bullets.

More than 130,000 bullets were found in private business premises in Narok yet such a big stock should only be held by security forces.

The Nation learnt that the investigation team had formally been invited to scrutinise records at the Administration Police Training College in Embakasi, Nairobi, where the armoury is located.

This would be the second time for the team to visit the AP base to make enquiries over the matter.

Police officers close to the investigation who requested anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media said the team would be interested in ledger forms showing the inflow and outflow of ammunition from the armoury.

Every fresh delivery is recorded there before being distributed to field commands across the country.

Arrested

The team also visited the Kenya Ordinance Factory Corporation, popularly known as the Eldoret bullet factory, where part of the ammunition was manufactured as well as the military armoury.

AP chief armourer John Maritim was arrested on December 7 and arraigned in court alongside businessman Munir Ishmael, from whose premises police said more than 100,000 bullets were found.

Police raided the businessman’s garage in Narok on Monday last week and recovered another 31,211 bullets.