Kenyan Security Forces Arrest Five Suspects Over Transportation of Explosives

GOOBJOOG NEWS| KENYA: Police in Kenya have arrested five people suspected of being behind the transportation of explosives heading towards the eastern part of the country.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Tuesday the suspects were arrested after a public service vehicle from Mombasa bound for Meru in eastern Kenya was stopped and searched by a multi-agency security team.

“The discovery came during a meticulous search that revealed a medium-sized white carton, branded with LATO Milk logos. Inside, authorities discovered a dangerous haul: ten water gel explosives labelled EXPLOGEL V6, one detonating cord, and two IDEAL Electric Detonators,” DCI said in a statement.

it noted that detectives from the Anti-Terrorist Police Unit (ATPU) and Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) zeroed in on the key suspect, Brenda Imboyanga Makhulungu, the sender of the parcel at a her home vilage in Kakamega county in western Kenya.

Brenda, the registered sender of the package, had declared the explosives as “Dawa ya Maji” (water purifier) at Tahmeed’s Kakamega office, orchestrating its journey from Kakamega to Mombasa and then to the Meru-bound bus via Kitui.

The investigation widened, leading to the arrest of two additional suspects, David Tindi Andala and John Kariuki Kung’u, in Meru town. All five suspects are now in custody in the ongoing probe, with the bus and the seized explosives detained as exhibits, DCI said.