Police in Samburu County have nabbed a county vehicle that was allegedly ferrying over Sh1 million in cash.
The vehicle driver was arrested after failing to account for the Sh1.09 million shillings at Lerata area, along Isiolo-Moyale highway.
The police said that the money was stuffed in a black bag inside the Toyota Fortuner with registration number 25CG O32A.
Area County commander Karanja Muiruri said that the police suspect that the money was in the process of being laundered, a days after the Central Bank of Kenya recalled all Sh1000 tender bills.
He said that the driver is helping the police with the investigations, as they seek to establish what the money was meant for and where it was being taken.
The driver could not account on the source of the money or its intended use, hence the reason for the arrest as police try to establish the source of the money and where it was being taken to,” he told the Standard.
He said that the money is being used as exhibit, with the case already having been forwarded to officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
“The money is being held as exhibits and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Samburu East is probing the matter to establish the people behind the transfer of such a huge amount of money,” he added.