Residents of Kisumu have raised alarm over a new technique being used by thieves to break into their homes.
It is reported that the thieves are now using sedatives before break-ins, with the residents now calling upon law enforcers to intervene.
Through their umbrella body, the Kisumu City Residents' Voice, they now want the police to step in and investigate the rising cases of use of anesthetics before burglary.
Through their Chair Audi Ogada, the lobby group has also urged police bosses all across Nyanza region, led by regional boss Leonard Katana, to intervene and help reduce the rising cases of crime that has been witnessed lately.
"You have also noticed that just in the last three weeks, five suspects have been lynched by members of the public because they feel police are doing little to combat crime,” Ogada is quoted by the Nation.
One of the victims of the new trend is Nation Media Group photographer Tonny Omondi who on Sunday lost his gas cooker and photography accessories to the burglars.
“I covered the Safaricom Twaweza concert on Saturday night and was driven home safely. Unfortunately, when I woke up, I realised the thugs broke into my house using the kitchen window. They stole my gas cooker, camera and photography accessories,” he is quoted.
Kisumu OCPD Meshak Kiptum has since noted most of such cases have been reported in Mamboleo and Ogango estates, adding that his officers have already taken up the case.
“We have launched probe to establish who are behind such crime," he told the paper.