A multi-agency team including detectives from the DCI arrested three suspects who were ferrying explosives.
Suspects ferrying explosives busted by DCI
Suspects carrying explosives arrested
DCI Headquarters along Kiambu road
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Moses Koite (26), Patrick Ng'ang'a (36) and a foreign national aged Sadic Harabe Sadic (26) was arrested in the vehicle.
In a tweet on Friday, the DCI confirmed the incident which occurred at Maili Tisa along the Namanga-Nairobi highway.
"Explosive Materials including 17 rolls of detonating codes and one packet containing 100 pieces of supreme detonators have been recovered by a Multi-Agency team of officers," the statement reads in part.
File Image: IED explosives
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Investigations
The DCI statement read: "Three suspects namely Moses Koite aged 26 years who was driving a motor vehicle registration number KBM 880 U, a Toyota Noah."
"Patrick Ng'ang'a aged 36 years and Sadic Harabe Sadic a foreign national aged 26 years were arrested ferrying the explosives near Maili Tisa trading centre along Namanga- Nairobi highway," it continued.
The suspects are in custody pending further investigations on the matter ongoing.
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