Five criminals on the police radar have been arrested in Mombasa.
The five, Vincent Ochieng, Shadrack Ochieng, Felix Otieno, Salim Ali and Shafi Yusuf, were trailed by detectives after bragging on social media about their crime.
“Police officers from the Central Police Station carried out an intelligence-led operation in Sargoi areas and managed to arrest the five suspects, who are believed to be gang members,” read a police report filed at the Central Police Station.
During the arrest, police recovered several items from the suspects, including a navy blue jacket with white stripes, five mobile phones – three iPhones, a Samsung and a Memojo.
A Bluetooth headset was also seized from the scene.
The five were questioned and remain in custody pending further investigations.
The suspects went viral last week after they declared through a video that had been circulated online that a lot of people should attend Christina Shusho concert and come with good phones, “we want to take high-quality videos”.
“Mkikuja concert ya Christina Shusho, mkuje na simu mzuri mzuri tuchukue video kali,” these were the words of the youth who have now been arrested by police following an intelligence operation.
In the video, the youths were showcasing different mobile phones they had allegedly stolen from victims.
“Hii koti ikona chawa, kujia hii koti yako,” another one shouted from the back.
