Detectives in Naivasha, Nakuru County, have arrested five people who were intercepted in a lorry full of stolen sheep along the Naivasha-Longonot highway.
The five, Nancy Njeri, 40, Philip Karuga, 55, John Mwaura, 49, James Githinji, 44 and Peter Cecilia, 49, are said to have been ferrying the sheep valued at Ksh.2 million to Nairobi.
The DCI added that the sheep had been stolen from a herder in the Mirera area of Longonot.
The George Kinoti-led agency has further raised the alarm over a steady rise in livestock theft cases in recent months due to what it terms as a growing demand for meat.
Another herd of livestock valued at over Ksh.2.5 million was also reportedly stolen two weeks ago.
“In December last year, a butcher operating a chain of nyama choma eateries along the eastern bypass was arrested by detectives following the disappearance of livestock in neighbouring Machakos county,” added DCI.
The five suspects have, meanwhile, been taken into custody pending arraignment on Wednesday.