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DCI unravels car theft ring faking logbooks to get millions

Fatuma Musa, Lucy Ayasi Saunya and Sakina Abbas who were arrested by the Director of Criminal Investigations in Mombasa on May 25, 2022 in connection to a car theft syndicate. [Harun Wathari Standard}

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has arrested three women in connection to a car theft syndicate has made millions by faking logbooks.

According to detectives, gullible Kenyans have fallen prey to the syndicate that involves some unscrupulous government officials at the National Safety and Transport Authority (NTSA) working in cohorts with the arrested suspects. On Wednesday, the three were arrested in Mombasa and transferred to Nakuru County where the alleged fraudulent car theft syndicate was unearthed.

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