Police have reportedly arrested the key suspect in the murder of a man shot in a robbery incident that occurred at a cyber shop in Siaya County on August 1, 2023.
According to reports from police, the investigations conducted revealed a criminal gang going by the name ‘comrades’, which has been allegedly involved in a spate of robberies in the region including that of August 1.
A forensic trail generated from the processed murder scene reportedly placed the suspect – Charles Otieno Odhiambo – at the centre of a number of violent robberies, triggering his manhunt and subsequent arrest at Awelo estate in Siaya.
Among the recoveries were made in his house, it was gathered, includes a getaway motorcycle registration numbers KMGE 652Q and KMFM 231D, assorted mobile phones and home appliances, National ID cards, two pangas, steel cutters, several spanners, a printer, a projector, screw drivers among others.
The suspect has since been booked at Yala police station pending processing for arraignment, as the investigating team put up into the pursuit of his accomplices and recovery of the firearms illegally possessed by the gang.
