Millions recovered from suspects’ account after Sh15m Lang’ata heist

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb, 16 – Two more suspects were arrested by police and Sh3 million recovered from them in connection with the Sh15 million heist from the house of a Chinese national in Langata area, Nairobi.

According to police, the suspects were arrested in Mombasa by a team of Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s Special Service Unit (SSU) investigating the matter.

“We recovered Sh2 million from one of the suspects while the second one had deposited Sh1 million into his bank account.” Said detectives

According to police, the first suspect was intercepted while onboard a Toyota Vanguard in Mombasa and found with the Sh2 million in cash.

Detectives believe the same car was used by the suspects to escape from the Chinese national’s house last Thursday night.

The car is now being held as an exhibit.

“It was then the second suspect was found with receipts to show he had deposited the Sh1 million in his account and later took officers to the bank where they confirmed the same.”

Police believe the money is part of the cash that was stolen from the Langata house.

Four other suspects were Monday produced in court as police made a miscellaneous application to detain them.They were granted five days.

This was after Mr Wang Daoli went to Langata police station on Friday and informed officers there he had lost the money which was in a safe.

Those arrested are likely to face stealing by servant charges, police said.

Daoli had on February 11 gone to a party outside Phenom estate in Langata to celebrate China’s New Year when the incident happened.

He told police he left his house at about 6.30pm for the party and came back at 11pm when he found the safe containing the said money in both Kenyan and US dollars missing.

Friday ushered in the Year for the Chinese, changing over from the Year of the Rat (2020). Those years are named as per Chinese zodiac signs.

Daoli said he had left his driver and househelp in the house. Daoli is a businessman in the country as he imports assorted goods and sells them, he told police.

Police later visited the said scene and documented it. The officers said the bedroom was not broken into. The compound too was not breached. The officers concluded the incident was an inside job.

Head of SSU Pius Gitari said they are determined to recover all the money and urged Kenyans to keep their money in banks and not house.