A businessman was robbed of Sh900,000 moments after he had withdrawn the same from a bank in Machakos Town.
The businessman said he had been to KCB Machakos on April 25, 2025 and withdrew Sh1.5 million for his business in Kitengela.
He then packed the money in two separate envelopes with one containing Sh900,000 and the second one Sh600,000.
He told police he drove to the Sisu Hotel in Machakos and parked his Pajero car for a meeting. He, however, did not realize he was being trailed by men who had information about transactions he had made at the bank.
He parked the car and went to the meeting until late in the evening. The victim said he left the money in the car but when he came back after the meeting he found the envelop with the Sh900,000 missing.
He explained he had hidden the two envelopes separately. The thieves had broken into the car and picked up the cash.
Police from Kyumbi police station visited the facility as part of the probe into the incident. The team is reviewing security cameras to get more information on the possible thieves behind the incident.
Police are investigating the incident and plan to interrogate the bank staff who handled the victim. There was no immediate comment from the bank as officials there said the matter is under probe.
Past investigations have linked such incidents to rogue bank staff who leak information to thugs on transactions of their clients.
Investigations have also linked to prior information from the clients’ side to the attacks. Other thugs stay in banks pretending to be customers with an aim of noticing those withdrawing money for attacks, police say.
In Kyumbi area on the Mombasa highway, police intercepted a car that had been stolen from Mombasa.
The car is said to have been stolen in Mombasa before a report was made and its details circulated. Two suspects who were in the salon Toyota Axio car were arrested in the incident.
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