Mother, daughter arrested with sniper rifles in Dagoretti.
Police have arrested a cache of arms and bullets from two women in Dagoretti, Nairobi.
The weapons, which included an M4 sniper rifle with an effective range of 500 meters, four pistols, close quarter Uzi automatic submachine gun capable of firing 600 rounds per a minute and 3,700 bullets of different caliber were seized on Wednesday afternoon in an operation.
Police said they arrested two women- Joyce Muthoni Mwihia and her mother Goretti Mwihia -who hold dual US citizenship and live in Racecourse, Dagoretti Corner, Nairobi.
The women were taken for interrogation by officers from Anti-Terror Police Unit.
Head of ATPU John Gachomo said they had taken the weapons to experts for ballistic examination.
He added the weapons seem to have been illegally import...