Following the viral video showcasing stolen items, five suspects have been apprehended.
The suspects, namely Vincent Ochieng, Shadrack Ochieng, Felix Otieno, Salim Ali, and Shafi Yusuf, are accused of being part of a criminal gang operating within the Sargoi area in the coastal region of Kenya. They were captured after an intelligence-led operation based on identifiable clothing seen in the video.
Law enforcement authorities seized three iPhones, a Samsung phone, a Memojo phone, and a Bluetooth headphone, among other items. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated, “Following an intelligence-led operation, a team of officers based at Central Police Station in Mombasa has arrested five individuals suspected to be members of an organized criminal group that has been operating within the Sargoi area and its neighborhoods. The five suspects had earlier been captured in a video recording while displaying items that they had stolen from their victims.”