Police in Kisumu Central Sub-County have arrested two persons of interest, said to have been behind a string of burglaries in the Milimani neighbourhood, bringing a significant breakthrough to a wave of break-ins that had unsettled residents.
In an X post on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, the police said the arrests were made during a routine patrol when the duo was spotted.
“The arrests were made after officers on patrol intercepted the suspects as they were loading what are believed to be stolen household items into a vehicle. The duo attempted to flee but were swiftly apprehended,” the X post read in part.
The authorities say a wide range of items were recovered during the operation, painting a picture of a burglary network that had been active for some time.
Among the items retrieved were a 65-inch television, household electronics, gym equipment, a CCTV camera, a cool box, a power supply unit, a solar panel, a projector, and several personal belongings.
“Further investigations linked the suspects to an earlier burglary at the same premises, from which additional items, including laptops, a gas cylinder, various dumbbell weights, and a Hasa safe, had been stolen. The damaged safe was later found abandoned in the Islamia Cemetery on Airport Road,” the police said.
The said stolen items and the vehicle used by the persons of interest have since been impounded as part of ongoing investigations.
Officers say the arrests could help unravel a wider network involved in property crimes within Kisumu.
The two are currently being held at Kisumu Central Police Station as detectives finalise the case file before they are presented in court.
Surging crime rates
This comes even as the security agencies continue to raise alarm over surging crime rates in most parts of the country ahead of the festive season.
It also happened days after a multi-agency security team in Nyahururu Sub-County had arrested two suspected wildlife traffickers and seized elephant tusks valued at Ksh3.6 million in a coordinated operation aimed at dismantling illegal wildlife trade networks.
According to a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday, November 16, 2025, the persons of interest were apprehended at a hideout in the Kwa Wanjiku area, where they are said to have been preparing to sell the illegal trophies to an awaiting buyer.
The DCI revealed that the recovered tusks weighed 18 kilograms, confirming they were intended for black-market sale.
“The traffickers were apprehended at their hideout in Kwa Wanjiku area in possession of elephant tusks weighing 18 kg, all intended for sale to a potential buyer,” the statement read in part.
