Mombasa: AK-47, ammo recovered as DCI arrests suspects over robbery, abduction

Security operations in the Coast region have received a boost after detectives arrested two suspects and recovered a loaded AK-47 rifle during an intelligence-led operation in Mombasa.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, February 25, 2026, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspects — Collins Ochieng alias Voke (22) and Timothy Omondi Mgowe (23) — are believed to have been involved in a robbery and abduction incident targeting a businessman in Kisauni Sub-County on February 17, 2026.

According to the DCI, the victim was accosted by masked men, robbed of a large sum of money and other valuables, and later abandoned in the Mombasa Cement area.

The agency said detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) and the Operations Directorate launched investigations and placed the suspects under surveillance before acting on credible intelligence.

“After days of painstaking investigations and surveillance, detectives acted on credible intelligence and conducted a raid at a targeted apartment,” the DCI said.

The raid, carried out in the Bamburi Fisheries area, led to the recovery of one AK-47 rifle, one magazine loaded with four rounds of ammunition, and ten assorted mobile phones suspected to be linked to criminal activity.

READ MORE When they arrived at the scene, they were astonished to find a cooking pot filled with meat and some vegetables. At the scene, was a human skull and blood-stained clothes as well as the deceased's gumboots. Police interrogated the suspect on his father's whereabouts but he noted that he was also unaware as he was still searching for him. The rest of the missing body parts first spotted by the locals was found dumped in a sack and covered with stones inside Nithi River. One of the area residents who claimed that the suspect began digging the tunnel in 2017 stated that the suspect and his victim had an argument about the condition of the tunnel before he went missing. "The two had quarrelled after the man stopped his father from cutting the Napier grass around the tunnel," Johnson Mutembei a resident told a local publication. The suspect is currently in custody pending arraignment in court to face murder charges. "We have arrested a man who is suspected to have killed his father, cooked part of the body and hidden some in a tunnel," Muthambi Sub-County Police Commander stated.

The suspects are in custody pending arraignment. The DCI said security operations will continue across the Coast as part of sustained efforts to dismantle criminal networks and enhance public safety.