American among 3 in court over illegal weapons

From left: Adan Abdulahi, Jesse Kinyua and Stauart Donaldson at the Baricho Law Courts, yesterday. The three denied being allegedly caught with imitations of an AK47 rifle. [PHOTO/MUNENE KAMAU/STANDARD]

A former American police officer, a retired General Service Unit (GSU) officer and a Mandera resident have been arraigned at a court in Kirinyaga County after they were allegedly caught with 27 imitations of an AK47 rifle.

Stauart Donaldson, 67, Jesse Kinyua from Nyeri and Aden Abdilahi both aged 36 denied the charge yesterday when they appeared before Baricho Principal Magistrate Evans Keago.