NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 19- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is holding five robbery of suspects who have allegedly been luring videographers and photographers to fictitious events before robbing them of their equipment at gunpoint.
The suspects are Denzel Masava, Bob Elton Olando, Calvin Klein Okana, Brian Ochieng and Issan Okunjo currently in custody at Kabete police station.
Detective constable Samuel Yunah of Dagoretti DCI offices obtained orders from Kibera chief magistrate Joyce Gandani to hold them for seven days pending investigations into two robberies reported within two police stations in the area.
Similar robberies have been reported at different police stations in Nairobi and the five are suspected to have been involved.
They have been outsourcing and contacting videographers and photographers for their services at inexistent parties within Dagoretti Sub County before leading them to a house in Lavington where they rob them.
The victims are always picked by one of the suspects pretending to take them to the venue of the alleged party where they find a woman waiting.
The others will then storm in the house accusing the victims of having affairs with a wife of one of them.
Other victims are led to isolated places where the suspects will be lying in wait.
The suspects will then violently rob the cameramen of their belongings and torture them before speeding off on motorbikes.
The thugs later proceed to Nairobi CBD where they sell the equipment mainly cameras and related studio equipment, phones and laptops.
The DCI has recovered five cameras from them but 10 others have already been sold.
Victims have been travelling from far as Meru after being contacted on social media, by “clients” upon agreeing on charges for their services.
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