Garissa businessman claims pistol stolen after encounter with two women in Nairobi

FILE IMAGE OF A PISTOL

Detectives in Nairobi launched investigations into the alleged theft of a licensed Glock 19 pistol after a businessman reported that one of two women he had met in the city centre made away with the firearm.

The incident was reported at Central Police Station in Nairobi on Saturday prompting an investigation.

According to police, the complainant, a former Speaker of the Garissa County Assembly and a businessman based in Garissa, had travelled to Nairobi three days earlier.

The victim is a licensed gun holder.

He told investigators that at about 11 p.m. on Friday, he met two women identified as Beyonce Mueni and Smasher Mutheu along Wabera Street.

The trio later drove in his white Toyota Voxy.

Police said the man alighted along Tom Mboya Street, leaving one of the women seated in the front passenger seat while the other remained outside the open passenger door.

After exchanging contacts with one of the women, he walked away, leaving them with the vehicle.

He later checked the glove compartment, where he said he had kept his licensed Glock 19 pistol, only to discover it was missing.

According to the police, one of the women, Smasher Mutheu, allegedly told the complainant that the other woman, identified as Beyonce Mueni, had removed the pistol from the glove compartment, concealed it in her clothing and left with it.

The complainant reported the matter to Central Police Station, where Smasher Mutheu was taken into custody to assist detectives with investigations.

Police are pursuing the second suspect and efforts are underway to recover the missing firearm. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are handling the case.

A search was staged on the woman’s homes in vain. The other suspect is still at large, police said on Saturday.