Police in Eldoret have arrested a middle-aged man over alleged involvement in a child trafficking syndicate in Uasin Gishu County.
According to police investigations, the mastermind of the alleged syndicate ring is said to be working with a secondary school dropout whom he had recruited for the assignment.
Confirming the incident, Turbo sub-county police commander Patrick Wekesa said the suspect is assisting the police with the investigation into the matter.
The mastermind of the syndicate is said to use his victims once they have been smuggled out of the country to extort money running into millions of shillings from their parents in exchange for their freedom.
Wekesa said police officers also managed to rescue two minors aged 14 and 15 years who were about to be smuggled out of the country by the suspect via the Kenya-Uganda border.
He said the suspect arrived at the Road block estate in a taxi from Busia town to pick the minors he had secured through his conduct in the area.
The minors who were learning in a public secondary school in Turbo sub-county terminated their studies two weeks ago after being promised lucrative opportunities in a foreign country.
The team of armed police detectives in a vehicle waited for the suspect as he was being driven all the way from Busia town to the said estate in the outskirts of Eldoret city.
He is currently held up at Eldoret central police station pending the outcome of investigations before he is arraigned in court.
