NAIROBI, Detectives from Kamukunji Police Station have smoked out a conman who took a Kenyan for a ride, making off with a cool Sh450,000.
The suspect, one Samuel Lemino Sunkuli, had promised to "open doors" for a relative in the just-concluded National Police Service recruitment, claiming he could deliver an official docket number in Nairobi's CBD.
Before the suspect could vanish into thin air, however, sleuths laid a clever trap. They nabbed him red-handed with a forged docket number, ending his short-lived enterprise.
His arrest came hot on the heels of another major sting operation in Ngara. Acting on a tip-off, detectives rounded up three more fraudsters who were running a racket selling fake NPS calling letters to desperate jobseekers.
At the scene, police found ten young men who had been thoroughly conned, each having parted with between Sh600,000 and Sh700,000 for letters purportedly admitting them to the NPS Main Campus in Kiganjo.
The lid was blown off the entire operation when detectives searched a vehicle linked to the fraudsters—a Toyota Sienta, registration KDV 295D. Inside, they recovered Sh700,000 in crisp notes and ten fake calling letters, clear evidence that the suspects had been minting money at the expense of hopeful applicants.
The Ngara trio—Tony Wanyota, Timon Kimeli, and Isaac Lang'at—were immediately taken into custody.
All four suspects are now cooling their heels in police cells as detectives tighten the noose, piecing together evidence ahead of their arraignment in court.
The DCI has seized this moment to issue a stern warning to the public: Beware of fraudsters selling fake recruitment slots! The National Police Service recruitment exercise is FREE, FAIR, and strictly MERIT-BASED. Anyone asking for money is a cheat.
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