Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday arrested eight suspects with fake currencies and gold in Nairobi.
Among those arrested include four foreigners and four Kenyan nationals.
The suspects were apprehended after DCI detectives raided Kiboko area on Mukoma road on Tuesday morning.
The four foreigners have been identified as Ruhota Kabagale (Congolese), Manson Chogga Mtassi(Tanzanian), Chukunosho Francis Ogbuanu(Nigerian), and Konie Kalist (Tanzania).
The four Kenyan suspects are Boniface Mtwasi Anjere, Robert Riagah, Arthur Caleb Otieno and Michael Omondi Okengo.
“They are to be charged in court today (Tuesday),” the DCI says in a statement.
The DCI says the millions of counterfeit currencies are in the form of United States dollars and Zambian Kwachas. The nabbed fake gold nuggets weigh more than 100 kilograms.
This comes hours after six suspects were also arrested with over 50kgs of suspected fake gold nuggets and gold export documents.
The four Rwandese citizens and two Kenyans were arrested in Nairobi’s Kilimani area on Monday.
“The six suspects-aged between 26 years and 64 years were arrested at an apartment in Kilimani and will be charged once the necessary process is complete,” the DCI said.
They are identified as Niyitegeka Seveun, Dushimirimana Egide, Zilimwabagabu Jacques, Ngaragura Emmanuel, Grace Wairimu and Erascos Katiku.
Good job! Get these crooks…
Good job! Get these crooks off our streets.
I bet the Nigerian is the…
I bet the Nigerian is the ring leader. The United States government has put Kenya on a list of global hotspots for money laundering, citing insufficient controls on the circulation of dirty cash. This laundering is not done by a village man in Bomet, Siaya or Othaya. It’s done mostly in Nairobi or Mombasa by Nigerian criminal gangs with their Kenyan conspirators. Kenyan love of Nigerians need to end if Kenya hopes to remain as a nation