Detectives from the Special Crime Unit (SCU) of Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday impounded stolen excavators worth Sh43Million. 

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The sleuths also arrested one suspect identified as Nobert Njeru.

The excavators were reportedly shipped from a London-based firm. 

In a tweet, the DCI said the suspect was assisting the police in probing the matter. 

The shipment came after criminals reportedly hacked into the email of the firm.

“EXCAVATORS worth Ksh.43Million were today recovered at Changamwe by #SCU Detectives after being fraudulently shipped from India. The shipment happened after fraudsters hacked the email of a London-based Company &placed an order for the Machines. ONE suspect; Nobert Njeru arrested,” DCI said.

The detectives later revealed that they learnt that the firm doesn’t deal in the shipment of the said products after the incident. The police have now embarked on the probe into the matter as they seek to arrest the suspects behind the deal.

“The shipment was done by JCB International who upon delivering the goods contacted the brother company in Kenya for payment- it’s then that they learnt the company doesn’t deal with such goods. Investigations commenced & led to the arrest of the suspect & recovery of Excavators,” DCI added in another tweet.