Police in Mombasa have arrested five youths who threatened to attack and rob revellers intending to attend Christian Shusho and Rayvanny concerts.
In a statement on Wednesday, December 6, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) revealed that the five were arrested following an intelligence-led operation conducted by a team of officers based at Central Police Station in Mombasa.
The five suspects identified as Vincent Ochieng, Shadrack Ochieng, Felix Otieno, Salim Ali and Shafi Yusuf had earlier been captured in a video recording while displaying items that they had allegedly stolen from their victims.
"Upon search, a navy blue jacket that had been captured in the video recording, three iphones, a samsung phone, a memojo phone, a bluetooth headphone among other items were recovered from them," reads a statement from DCI.
Adding ""The individuals are suspected to be members of an organised criminal group that has been operating within the Sargoi area and its neighbourhoods,"
