A prime suspect who has owned an AK-47 rifle that has been used in a string of robberies in Laikipia County has been arrested.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on Thursday that 46-year-old Renkel Lentaam was apprehended in Nanyuki town after a long trail by investigative officers.
“The crime busters proceeded to Makurian location inside Mukogodo forest, where the suspect had hidden the illegal firearm and 53 rounds of live ammunition inside a modified tree trunk,” wrote DCI on X.
The weapon and the ammunition were seized, documented, and then forwarded to the National Forensic Laboratory for ballistic examination.
Meanwhile, a manhunt is on for suspected accomplices who are still at large.
