Cops arrest 2 car thieves

  Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENY

POLICE in Mombasa yesterday arrested two men in connection with a stolen car from a car-hiring firm in Nairobi.
The police arrested the suspects at a hideout in an estate in Mikindani after they got information about the car from police officers in Nairobi where the theft was reported.
Changamwe police boss Joseph Muthee said they got information of the missing car and they tracked it to a hide-out in Mikindani Mombasa.
Speaking to the press at Changamwe police station yesterday, Muthee said, the two men had hired the vehicle on pretence that they were taking a sick person to Kenyatta National Hospital.
“We have arrested two men in connection with the theft and they will be taken back to Nairobi where the offence was committed,” he said.
He said they could deal with the matter in Mombasa but opted to take it back to Nairobi because the matter had already been reported at a police station.
The suspects are said to have issued fake identity cards to the car owner and they were on a mission to sell it to a client in Mombasa.
The police boss said they contacted the car firm in Nairobi and they have confirmed that a Toyota salon car registration number KBR 366Z belong to them.
It had been fixed with a tracking device which made it easier for the police officers and the owner to track it down. At the same time, the police have vowed to deal with any criminal offence at the coast region working closely with other departments and the citizens.
Changamwe area has been earmarked as a centre of numerous criminal activities due to the presence of many gordowns and ware houses.
The officers at the station said there might be incidents where criminals are now stealing cars from Nairobi and come to sell them down here at the coast.
Cases of vehicles being stolen have went down over the past few month but they might rise again if proper actions are not taken, according to intelligence report.
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