𝟭𝟱 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗘𝗗, 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗗𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗨

Fifteen suspected members of a criminal gang have been arrested, and a cache of crude weapons recovered following a meticulously coordinated operation in Kisumu County.

The operation followed intelligence that a group of persons suspected to be armed with crude weapons was travelling in three vehicles along the Kisumu–Kericho highway.

Acting swiftly on the information, detectives from the DCI Operations Support Unit (OSU), working alongside officers from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB), Nyanza Region, and DCI Kisumu Central, moved in and intercepted the vehicles.

The suspects were found aboard a grey Toyota Noah, registration number KCR 790A, and two white Toyota Hiace vans, KDM 377M and KDE 819U, both operating under the Nyakija Classic Shuttle along the Kisumu–Migori route.

A search of the vehicles and the suspects yielded several mobile phones, assorted machetes and pangas, knives, ropes, a metal rod/club and other items suspected to have been intended for criminal activities.

As the operation unfolded, one suspect, identified as Oliver Jaoko a.k.a. Oliveti and believed to have been leading the group, made a daring escape by jumping through a vehicle window.

The 15 suspects, together with the recovered exhibits, were taken into custody, where they are undergoing processing pending arraignment as detectives pursue the case.

Meanwhile, detectives are hot on the trail of the suspected gang leader, who manged to escape.

This operation underscores the resolve of the National Police Service to disrupt criminal networks before they can strike, keeping dangerous individuals and weapons off the streets and safeguarding innocent members of the public.

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