The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on Friday October 13 exposed a scheme allegedly buying stolen phones and selling them in black markets in Uganda.
In a statement, DCI indicated that sleuths arrested two Ugandan nationals who after questioning named their Kenyans accomplices.
According to the statement, the stolen phones were packaged and shipped to other markets outside the country in a well choreographed scheme.
One shop in the Nairobi Business District was also dragged into the illegal operation.
“Malumasi Aisha and Agaba Anestus Majuni both of from neighboring Uganda were arrested alongside Sarah Njeri and her sister Mary Wangui in an intelligence led operation conducted by detectives within the busy Nairobi Central Business District.
Malumasi, who was the first to be cornered, was found with a parcel of 13 smart phones believed to destined for the black market in Uganda. She then led the sleuths to shop E17 located at Munyu Business center, where her accomplices Sarah Wangari and Mary Wangui were busy receiving other stolen mobile phones,” DCI statement
” After a brief but detailed interrogation, the miscreants hurriedly led the detectives to a fourth suspect, Agaba Majuni, who was waiting for the package destined for Uganda at the Simba Coach bus station, ” it added.
DCI however noted that teams of detectives had been deployed to track other suspects involved in the illegal trade.
“The detectives from the elite Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau based at the DCI Nairobi Regional Command have cast their nets wider for more suspects in what is believed to be an elaborate syndicate sneaking stolen mobile phones to neighboring countries.
Mobile phone thugs have found it increasingly difficult to ply their trade in the country, owing to the state of the art technology being deployed by our Cybercrime detectives based at the DCI National Forensic Laboratory, in arresting mobile phone thieves,” DCI indicated.
