Police have arrested a man who was caught in possession of 93 phones. Brian Mutua was apprehended on Friday 15th within Pipeline area Nairobi.
According to police, the Mutua was nabbed by detectives dispatched from Kware Police Station in the Pipeline area.
“National Police Service officers from Kware Police Station, Embakasi Sub-County have today arrested one Brian Mutua Muema within Pipeline area in possession of an assortment of 93 mobile phones which are suspected to have been stolen,” said NPS.
Police report indicates that they were responding to a public tip-off pursued the culprit before smoking him out of his hiding place in a rented room near Pipeline.
“The officers who were acting on intelligence from the members of the public recovered the assortment at a rented room in the Pipeline area. The suspect however could not give a concrete explanation to justify the possession of the 93 phones,” added the police in a statement.
He will spend the weekend in police custody until Monday when he will be arraigned in court
“Information remains the most effective tool in the fight against crime and NPS encourages the public to volunteer information on suspicious persons or activities in our neighbourhoods,” NPS added.
