NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 19- Police are holding three suspects in connection with Monday’s robbery of Sh3.5 million from a mobile bank in Embakasi area, Nairobi.
The three include the two police officers and a security guard who were manning the lorry acting as a Prime Bank mobile bank.
The officers were robbed of their Scorpion rifles but the weapons were later on Monday night recovered near Kiambu Level five hospital.
This was after a man who was riding on a motorbike dropped them near the gate and rode off.
They both had 37 rounds of ammunition.
The six gunmen entered the Ramtons premises near City Cabanas bypass and first confronted the two police officers who were escorting the money in a Prime Bank van robbing them of their guns at about 2.45 pm.
The gang which wore reflective jackets also held hostage guards manning the premises in the four minutes drama.
They then jumped into the mobile van bank and grabbed the money in two boxes and escaped on two motorcycles.
The others escaped on foot.
All along, other tenants at the premises recorded the developments and as they escaped on foot and on the motorcycles.
One of the gang members was acting as a guard, ushering in and out the cars from the compound.
They are believed to have ridden on the motorcycles to Kiambu, almost 40 kilometers away.
Police believe the gang had prior information on the movements of the mobile bank.
The van usually moves around premises collecting the day’s collections before delivering the same to the bank.
Police said they are interrogating the three to establish if they had any connection to the incident.
They will also visit the scene of the attack and review security cameras to understand what happened before and after the incident.
Further, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said they intend to review communications by the suspects as part of the investigations.
“Our teams are on the ground looking for the suspects behind the attack. We urge for continued support to address such incidents,” said Kinoti.
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