Controversial lawyer Cliff Ombeta has secured the release of suspects linked to theft of Ksh.72 million in an ATM heist in Nairobi.
The six suspects including three police officers were on Wednesday charged with robbery with violence and released on Sh1 million bond each.
They were ordered to deposit their passports in court and report to Lang’ata DCI every day for the next seven days.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Friday arrested the three suspects and recovered two vehicles used in the robbery.
The arrest followed the recovery of 13 empty cash boxes that were stolen from the G4S team in Thogoto Forest, Kiambu.
Both of the Toyota Noah vehicles used in the heist had been to a body shop and had received a fresh coat of paint to make it impossible for police officers to trace them.
DCI Director George Kinoti had vowed to track down and arrest the perpetrators of the Thursday daytime robbery promising that they will all face justice.
Sources revealed that the team had collected the cash from G4S headquarters on Witu Road with three men who appeared to be police officers.
A report from Lang’ata Police Station said the cash was picked up at around 6am en route to the different bank ATMs.
When they arrived at the Standard Chartered Bank ATM in Nairobi West, the G4S team called their headquarters for the password to reload cash into the machine.
Once it was opened, and immediately after that the thugs turned on them.
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