Siaya man sells stolen police gun to DCI sleuths posing as customers

– A team of DCI detectives in Siaya had approached Kelvin Oduor Onyango and possed as potential buyers of a firearm

– After Onyango, 23, presented the gun, he was arrested and detectives managed to recover 13 rounds of ammunition and police and army combat gear

– The ammunitions were positively identified as those that were stolen from Umala police station in Siaya county in December 2019

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Siaya after he unknowingly sold a stolen government firearm to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI).

Kelvin Oduor Onyango was nabbed on Saturday, July 04, by sleuths who had posed as potential buyers of the firearm suspected to have been stolen from Umala Police Station.

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Police officers recovered 13 rounds of ammunition and police and army combat gear. Photo: DCI.
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The team of police officers led by Inspector Police Wachuiri Kinuthia of DCI Siaya recovered a G3 rifle and a magazine with 13 bullets.

“The detectives posed as potential buyers and the firearms were delivered to them within Siaya township where one suspect namely Kevin Oduor Onyango was arrested,” DCI said in a brief statement of Sunday, July 5.

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The officers further recovered one Kenya Army trouser, Kenya police raincoat and a smoke camouflage jacket.

According to DCI, the ammunitions were positively identified as those that were stolen from Umala Police Station in Siaya county in December 2019.

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The suspect is being held at Siaya Police Station and will be arraigned after investigations into the matter are concluded.

Cases of police officers losing firearms to criminals have over the recent past been rife in the country.

In a separate story, TUKO.co.ke reported police offers at Kobujoi Police Station in Nandi lost firearms after a gang broke into the armoury while the officers watched football.

Some rogue police officers have also been on the spot for leasing their weapons to gang members at a fee to help them in their criminal activities.

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