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Kenya's most wanted female criminal nabbed after three-year chase

Lavender Akinyi Ogilo: Was on police most-wanted list before she was arrested on Tuesday.

A female crime suspect described by police as dangerous has finally been arrested, ending a three-year hide-and-seek game with the police.

Lavender Akinyi Ogilo is being linked to a spate of robberies in posh Nairobi neighbourhoods. Police say the elusive 31-year-old is the leader of  a criminal gang of two women and three men.

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