Standard Group’s Investigative Reporter Robbed KSh95,000 By Fake Cops

In a city where crime has become the order of the day, you never know when bad luck befalls you. That’s what happened to Standard Group’s investigative reporter, Amos Kareithi.

Thugs posing as policemen last Friday waylaid Kareithi along Mombasa Road and robbed him Ksh95,000 in cash, phone, watch and other valuables. The gang then dumped him near Syokimau. According to The Standard, the thugs trailed Kareithi in a private car and accosted him near Bobmill Mattresses moments after he had withdrawn KSh75,000 from the Co-operative Bank of Kenya.

“I boarded a bus to Mombasa Road soon after withdrawing the money and the robbers accosted me as soon as I a lighted at the Bobmill Stage. They introduced themselves as police officers and quickly handcuffed and bundled me into their car,” said Kareithi who suffered leg, hand facial injuries.

“They ordered me to lie on the floor of the car and stepped on me. At one stage they stopped and ordered me to reveal the pin numbers for my two ATM cards they had taken. I later learnt they withdrew Ksh 20,000 from my two accounts.”

The five robbers threatened Kareithi but later dumped him at an open field opposite the Syokimau Railway Station where General Service Officers guarding the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport rescued him.

“They took two mobile phones. It was a harrowing experience. I am lucky to be alive. The robbers were ruthless. They had a handcuff and police identity cards which may have been fake,” he said.

[Standard Digital]