Three arrested in Nairobi, 32 stolen phones recovered

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspects identified as Michael Waweru, Wilson Wanjama and Samuel Kimani were cornered when detectives pursued leads all the way from Murang'a county.

"Acting on actionable intelligence, detectives from Murang’a East Sub-County, working alongside their counterparts from DCI Central Nairobi, today descended on the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD), where they arrested three suspects identified as Michael Waweru, Wilson Wanjama and Samuel Kimani," DCI said.

The trail began with a break-in and theft from a locked motor vehicle in Murang’a in May 2025. This led the DCI sleuths to Nairobi, where the three were found with 32 phones, a MacBook laptop, a cash-counting machine, 22 assorted empty mobile-phone boxes bearing no IMEI numbers, two counter books, five small books, two notebooks and 12 receipt books, items believed to be linked to the handling, packaging and sale of illegally obtained mobile phones.