A Kenyan woman wanted in several African countries for robberies, has been arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as she awaited a flight to Dar es Salaam.
Ms Margaret Waithira Kamande, described by detectives as a notorious robber, was arrested on Thursday night after detectives trailed her to JKIA.
“We trailed her for more than one month without raising any eyebrows and we are also planning to make more arrests. We are now targeting her accomplices,” an officer involved in the investigations told the Nation.
Ms Kamande was put in the Interpol list of wanted criminals after she jumped bail granted to her by a Zimbabwean court in burglary case. She was later arrested together with two others in a Tanzanian nightclub.
During the arrest, they were found in possession of door master keys, bunche of house keys and a crowbar that police in Zimbabwe believe was used to break into doors.
“She is also wanted by Interpol, Zimbabwe and other East African countries after she jumped bail which was granted by a Zimbabwean court in offences related to burglary and stealing. She had been on the run until her arrest,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigation said in a statement.
The arrest marked the end of a cat and mouse chase that Ms Kamande had engaged with Interpol and Kenyan detectives for years.
Detectives said she was planning to flee the country after being tipped of her imminent arrest.
Her gang targeted Lang’ata, Kilimani, Kileleshwa and Lavington neighbourhoods in Nairobi.
She has been captured on CCTV cameras breaking into several apartments and offices in Nairobi.
In some cases, members of the gang posed as workers from water or electricity companies during their robbery missions.
“It’s a well-structured gang that had succeeded in conducting deadly robberies that at times included the use of a gun when things went out of hand,” an officer said.
Source: thecitizen.co.tz
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The effort to get everybody bio data is a right direction to fight crime everywhere. Whoever gets to prison or jail must be captured in the National data for identity recognition. As we progress along the path of development it should be required by law that every person in Ghana should become registered either as a citizen or a foreigner. Besides, every transaction of public or private concern should involved the demand of identification of the persons involved. When the general registration is completed the National Photo ID should become the basic and the authentic proof of identity in Ghana and within the ECOWAS Region. This best practice is exercised in all Advanced World and it must be imported to become part of our modern life.
What relevance is this news to Ghanaians. The woman is in b100-dy Kenya. There are loads of news worthy article in Ghana that can be written or reported by your journalist but no, you opt for 1-a-z--y arm chair journalism. I am disappointed big time.