Police in Kisumu have arrested six suspects and recovered 14 drums of Kenya Power aluminium conductors worth Sh7 million.
The operation, conducted jointly by officers from Kondele Police Station and KPLC, also resulted in the recovery of nine rolls of binding wires valued at Sh500,000 and seven earth rods.
The materials were seized as they were being loaded onto a lorry in a compound at Carwash area near Marende estate for transportation to Nyamasaria. According to Bernard Ambaka, the Chief Security officer for KPLC’s Western Kenya region, the stolen materials were taken from their yard in Carwash.
The suspects are currently being held at Kondele Police Station awaiting arraignment in court on Monday, April 15. Two of them were apprehended on Friday night during the operation led by Kondele police station OCS Dancun Ogechi, while the remaining four were arrested on Saturday morning following information from the public.
Ambaka further disclosed that a total of 108 drums of aluminium bacles worth Sh54 million had been stolen from the yard, along with 311 rolls of aluminium conductors. These aluminium conductors are crucial for constructing low voltage lines to connect customers to the grid.
