Police nab three suspected Peddy Gang members in Kisumu

Police in Kisumu County are holding three youths aged 16, 17 and 18 who are suspected to be part of a gang identified as Peddy Gang.

The gang is believed to be behind a spate of robberies especially around Nyalenda slums and its environs.

The officers who were on patrol on Saturday evening responded to a distress call around Kachok area along the Kisumu-Nairobi highway of mob justice being meted on a man.

The officers managed to rescue the victim who was one of the suspects. It was established that he was being beaten after he attacked and robbed a passer-by.

The said robbery victim was being given first aid by a passerby since he was hit on the mouth by the suspect using a fist which had five heavy signet rings, locally known as "Peteko", and as a result of the blow he lost two teeth.

Kisumu County Commissioner Josephine Ouko said the suspect robbed the 21 year old man of his phone worth Ksh.29,000, headphones and Ksh.300 cash.

He said upon interrogation, the suspect who is a high school student in Nakuru County told police that he was part of a four-man gang named Peddy Gang.

He took police to their hideout in Nyalenda where two of his two accomplices aged 16 and 17 were nabbed, the gang was found wearing branded t-shirts bearing their aliases.