Bomet police hunt for 2 timber traders following pursuit
Bomet town residents mill around a car that was abandoned by illegal wood traders as police engaged them in hot pursuit. PHOTO | ANITA CHEPKOECH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- After the two suspects refused to stop, police pursued them to Bomet town centre.
- In Bomet town, the suspect's car hit a stationary vehicle but the occupants were unharmed.
- The suspects then escaped on foot.
Police in Bomet are hunting for two illegal wood traders who abandoned their car and fled on foot at the town centre following high-speed chase.
The two suspects were reportedly ferrying cedar posts from Narok to Bomet but refused to stop when flagged down by police at Mulot police check on Thursday, prompting the dramatic chase.
Bomet County Commissioner Geoffrey Omoding told Nation the car the suspects were using, a Probox, had hit stationary vehicle which landed in a ditch but the occupants escaped unharmed.
This vehicle landed in a ditch after it was hit by a car whose occupants were being pursued by Bomet police on July 5, 2016 after they refused to stop at a police checkpoint. PHOTO | ANITA CHEPKOECH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Mr Omoding said they have started investigations into claims that the illegal timber trader are police officers.
"The car has been towed to Bomet Police Station as we commence investigations into the matter," said Mr Omoding.
Mr Leonard Korir, an eye witness, claimed the police shot Probox tyre during the chase.
"The police shot at the wheel of the car which was in motion. It then swerved and hit a stationery car pushing it into a ditch," said the witness.
Mr Koris said the suspects then abandoned the car.
