Kiambu County Police commander James Mugera has urged residents to collaborate with the police as they hunt down criminal gangs.
Speaking at Kiambu police station on Wednesday, Mugera said that police are determined to fight criminal gangs and groups linked to crime.
He said that the support of the residents will bear fruits noting that some of the criminals could be living amongst the locals.
The Kiambu Police commander warned criminal goons, saying their days are numbered if they don’t quit crime.
He said that police are trailing suspected robbers linked to various acts of robberies within the county.
“We are determined to end the spate of robberies that have been reported in some parts of Kiambu. We will do so by hunting down the criminals in heir hideouts,” he said.
This comes after detectives arrested five suspected robbers who are suspected to be behind a series of robberies in Kiambu Town, Ruiru and Ruaka.
The five were arrested in a house in Machakos Town on Tuesday.
Mugera said that police had been trailing the suspects for a month now adding that they are suspected to be behind a spate of robberies in Kiambu.
“We arrested the five in a house in Machakos Town and recovered several items we believe had been stolen,” he told journalists at the Kiambu Police station on Wednesday.
The county police commander said the suspects were caught on CCTV camera on December 28, 2015 breaking into a residential house in Ruaka Town, where they made away with electronics and Sh160, 000.
“The suspects had been on our watch list since December last year and we have been trailing their movements ever since,” he added.
He urged residents who had lost items or whose houses had been broken into to report to the Kiambu police station to identify their items.
The Kiambu police commander said that the five will remain in police custody and aid them with investigations.
Speaking on Saturday last week after attending a meeting on alcoholic drinks enforcement at the Kiambu headquarters, County Commissioner Alex Nkoyo appealed to residents to continue supporting the police as they fight crime.
Nkoyo said that though crime rates had declined, there was need for a close working relationship between the locals and the police.