A police officer attached to the DCI Starehe was arrested after two women were linked to a pistol whose picture had been posted in their WhatsApp status in Nyando, Kisumu county
Police said after their arrests, the women claimed the Canik pistol belonged to the officer who was at work then.
One of the women had posted a photo of the pistol on her WhatsApp status to boast saying none can touch her.
Detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, Nyanza Region, in collaboration with their DCI counterparts from Nyando swung into action and arrested Sharon Auma and Nancy Atieno Obura and recovered the Canik pistol in their possession.
The arrest on Tuesday April 15 follows a report received of Sharon Auma, who decided to spice up her WhatsApp status, posting a photo of herself brandishing a pistol while ominously warning that any man who dared dump her would face severe consequences.
Responding swiftly, the hawk-eyed detectives swooped into Awasi town and apprehended Sharon.
Upon questioning, she led officers to a rented two-bedroom house belonging to her friend, and now co-accused, Nancy Atieno Obura.
A thorough search of the house turned up the pistol in question, with an empty magazine, cleverly wrapped in clothes and stashed in a basin under the bed.
Also recovered is a fake motorcycle number plate bearing the number KMGG 805M.
Both suspects were detained pending arraignment, as detectives pursue more leads to arrest more suspects in connection to the firearm.
It was then the women told police the weapon was taken to them by the DCI cop who was almost 400 kilometers away.
He was traced and arrested before being driven to Nyando pending arraignment.
Police want to establish the source of the weapon.
The team also want to establish if it had been used in crimes in the area.
Cases of armed robberies have been on the rise in the area amid efforts to contain the trend.
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