Policeman arrested in botched robbery incident

A police officer has been arrested for robbing a woman at Capital Centre, Nairobi. PHOTO/FILE 

In Summary

• He is said to have confronted the woman at Capital Centre shopping mall and robbed her of cash and other personal valuables
• The officer’s firearm, a revolver loaded with five rounds of ammunition, was confiscated

By ZADOCK ANGIRA

A police officer attached to Nairobi’s Shauri Moyo police station has been arrested in a botched robbery incident.

The police constable and his accomplice are accused of confronting a woman at the parking lot of the Capital Centre shopping mall and robbed her of cash and other personal valuables.

The victim told the police that when she was about to enter her car, the two ambushed her.

She said she obliged to their demand for her valuables and it was other shoppers who alerted police officers on patrol within the mall.

The officer’s firearm, a revolver loaded with five rounds of ammunition, was confiscated.

Makadara CID chief Zack Nangulu has said that the officer will be arraigned on Friday.