Kitale teacher arrested for masterminding car theft, 7 vehicles found

A 48-year-old teacher in Kitale, Trans Nzoia county, has been arrested in connection to car theft in South and North Rift regions.

The tutor, David Ogeisia Migosi, who was nabbed in Likuyani had been on the police radar following reports that linked him to disappearance of 12 vehicles in total.

Police said Migosi, a teacher at St. Columbans Secondary School was the actual mastermind in the car thef and was in possession of 17 fake logbooks when he was finally captured on Saturday, July 4.

Upon interrogations, officers proceeded to his hideout where two other accomplices; 38-year-old Asman Memba Bakari and Jeremiah Yego Kiptoo, 34, were also arrested.

During the raid, at least seven vehicles, suspected fake registration number plates, chassis number stickers, sale agreements, check book and dismantled number plates were found.

Search for the missing vehicles began in mid June following numerous reports and detectives pursuing the matter managed to recover five other vehicles on June 17.

During the first operation, three suspects in possession of three of the said motor vehicles were arrested within Kitale.

The other car was found at a car wash in Kiminini and the fifth one in Matunda.

Two other suspects jumped out of the vehicle and dashed into the thicket on foot.

“The gang which targets parked and unsecured motor vehicles is believed to be using fake registration plates before selling them to unsuspecting buyers, and the DCI hereby cautions the public of the same,” police stated.

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