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How police helped Al Shabaab smuggle their arsenal

Chief of staff and Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua said explosives would have caused serious damage if vehicle had not been intercepted. (Photo:File/Standard)

Al Shabaab terrorists bribed Kenyan police officers who helped them smuggle explosives into Kenya last year, Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua has revealed.

He said that after being bribed, the police at the Kenya-Somalia border, handcuffed the terrorists and escorted them all the way to Mombasa. This helped the terrorists, who were now suspects by the virtue of being under police guard, to evade further scrutiny at various roadblocks.

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