A woman claims two men riding on a motorcycle and covering their faces with masks grabbed her Sh3.6 million outside a petrol station along Lungalunga Road, Nairobi.
The woman said she had withdrawn the cash from a bank and was taking the same to boost her business when the gang that seemed to have trailed her struck on Wednesday February 5 morning.
She told police she was on the road with the case in a bag and decided to stop few meters from a petrol station to swallow some medicine.
It was then she heard a bang on the car window, which broke into pieces.
Two men on a motorcycle and wearing a facemask stood there while armed and ordered her to surrender the cash she had.
She heeded the orders and handed the cash before the gang sped off.
She reported the matter and police visited the scene to confirm the same. The team has so far obtained security cameras footage that captured the drama.
Police said they are pursuing the gang.
Nairobi police commander George Sedah said a team of detectives is pursuing the gang.
Past such cases have been found to have happened after the attackers were given prior information on the cash on movement.
Police say their investigations show some bank employees reveal such transactions to gangs who stay in the banking halls or hang out there enabling them to trail and strike.
In some instances, victims were abducted and tied before being abandoned in thickets and after being robbed of the cash.
Police say they have been recording up to one case a week in the country amid calls for those planning to carry huge sums of money to seek police help for escort.
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