A middle-aged man is being hunted by police after he allegedly made away with cash believed to be part of the Ksh72 million that was stolen from Standard Chartered Bank ATM in Nairobi West on September 5.
According to a local daily, James Macharia allegedly stole the money, whose amount is yet to be known, from his girlfriend, administration police constable Florence Wanjiru Karuku, at her Thika Town home.
Florence had allegedly been given the money to keep by her sister, Eunice Wangari Karuku, who had earlier received it from their brother, administration police constable Simon Gichuhi Karuku.
Simon and his wife, administration police constable Caroline Karuku, were arrested by the Special Crimes Prevention Unit (SPCU) detectives on Thursday, when they had allegedly gone to a lawyer in Thogoto, Kikuyu Sub-County, to help them apply for an anticipatory bail after learning that police were actively hunting for the Ksh72 million thieves.
Florence, who was the last to get the money in the chain, told police that upon receiving the cash from her sister, Eunice, who is a KDF officer stationed at the Kahawa Military Barracks, she called her boyfriend, James Macharia, who arrived and made away with the money.
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Macharia was last seen driving off from Florence’s house in Thika Town in a motor vehicle of registration plate number KCB 841X.
Police learnt that Simon had “already used part of the stolen money to buy a Toyota Mark X of registration plate number KBX 779R”, and gave it to his sister, Eunice.
The four suspects were taken to Lang’ata Police Station, where they are detained as investigations continue.
