Four arrested in Isiolo with military gear, 158 rounds of ammunition

Police in Isiolo County have arrested four individuals for being in possession of a cache of military gear and 158 rounds of ammunition.

The suspects, Arako Abdullahi (driver), Ali Hussein (28), Udheifa Yusuf Garre (20), and Khalid Abdi Rashid Garre (18), were apprehended in the wee hours of Thursday morning after police stopped their vehicle at a roadblock at Hospital Junction on the Marsabit-Isiolo Road.

"While manning the roadblock at Hospital Junction along the Marsabit-Isiolo road at 1.30am today, police officers flagged down a Mitsubishi Fuso lorry Reg. No KCY 271N," the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in an X statement.

"On conducting a search they discovered a concealed brown bag containing the following: 142 rounds of 7.62×39 special (used in AK 47 rifles), 16 rounds of 9mm (used mostly in pistols), a rifle cleaning kit, two pairs of military boots, a ground sheet, a military camelbak, military trousers, tactical and combat shirts among other items."

The suspects are currently being detained and questioned at Isiolo Police Station. Their vehicle has also been impounded at the same facility.