Detectives arrest suspect in Nyali theft syndicate
A man has been arrested in connection with robberies in Nyali, Mombasa county.
Abdulmanaf Omar 29, is part of a three-gang that bundled a Nigerian national in his hired car before robbing him off.
The Nigerian narrated how he hired a Toyota Spade from a Omar on July 19, 2021 at Sh135,000, being an entire month's fee.
"They had agreed that the victim would return the vehicle on August 18, only for the car hire dealer to turn rogue and breach the agreement," director George Kinoti said.
Via social media on Saturday, Kinoti said on the fateful night, Omar and two other men dressed in civilian clothes.
But he noted that they introduced themselves as police officers, knocked at the victim's door within Emirates Reef Apartments seeking to have a word with him outside the hous...