Police hunt for State House car cast wider
What you need to know:
- The source said all officers manning exits have been put on alert.
- The report was also shared with officials in the neighbouring countries.
The search for the stolen State House vehicle has been extended to neighbouring countries, a police source has said.
Separate units from the Flying Squad and the Special Crimes Prevention Unit, which are tracking the vehicle, will cross into Uganda and Tanzania once they get the green light from authorities.
Another team is also tracking people who may have been involved in the theft in Nairobi.
Detectives view the two countries as transit points for stolen luxury cars that have a big market in the Democratic Republic of Congo or Burundi.
The source said all officers manning exits have been put on alert after the car that is part of the Presidential Escort fleet was stolen last Thursday.
The report was also shared with officials in the neighbouring countries.
TRACED TO BUNGOMA
In Nakuru, lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who is representing Mr Aggrey Ochieng, a mechanic suspected to have been involved in the theft, said the limousine’s signal was last traced to Bungoma on Sunday evening.
Speaking at the Rift Valley Provincial Criminal Investigations headquarters, he said the vehicle was taken to Mr Ochieng’s garage in Nakuru.
“The gunmen who stole the State House car went to my client’s garage seeking a service that was given at a fee after which they left with their vehicle,” he said.
“My client took them for breakfast at a top hotel in the town as they tested the vehicle. They visited a barber before leaving in the sleek BMW,” Mr Ombeta said.
The lawyer said people who had accompanied the gunmen at the garage were being tracked using their mobile phones.
Mr Ombeta said Mr Ochieng would be taken back to court on Friday for the prosecution to decide whether to charge him over the theft or not.
