Maseno: 8 police officers arrested over theft of Land Cruiser in parking yard

The 8 officers are currently at the Kisumu central police station cells pending further interrogation.

According to a police report, the officers are accused of stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser from the Maseno police station parking yard.

The vehicle had earlier been recovered while abandoned at Maseno shopping centre on September 10. 

However, it later went missing from the station with the 8 officers accused of being behind its mysterious disappearance.

DCI officers from Nairobi conducted the arrest of the officers on Monday evening and are locked up pending further probe and action.

The eight include police constables Shaban Omar, Stanley Kosgei, Fredrick Lubatse, Harrison Muchiri, Charles Mutahi, Jackson Lugadili, Elphas Sigoi and Isaac Kipgeno.