Just before they successifuly scammed unsuspecting people of their money,four suspects were nabbed by police at Gigiri area.
The four one of which is a Kenyan are,Patroba Odhiambo Tobias,Isaac Forkay ,Omong Ekoume Louis ,and Wadja Bangsi Tang were arrested at Whispers avenue,an area known for housing embassies ,international organisations and high- end properties.
They were today arraighned before magistrate Susan Shitubi where prosecution sought tondetain them for four days.
Court was informed that upon arrest,the accused safe for only one failed to release their passports to the team of investigators and therefore are flight risk.
Only Odhiambo is a Kenyan the others are from Libya and Cameroon,Police say they could not account why they were conducting gold business without the required documents from Kenyan authority.They were arrested on Juky 28,2025.
The application seeking custodial order was strongly opposed by the defence counsels on grounds that their clients are not flight risk as alleged.
They said their clients have families in Kenya and have been doing business for quite some time in the country.
Detectives recovered a gold smelting machine, an array of rubber stamps bearing the names of companies such as Alaska Express Freight Group Ltd, Longcrane Logistics Limited, and Kakan Traders and Company, a cache of documents bearing stamp impressions from the East African Community, among other items.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Alaska Express Freight Group Ltd has also been linked to a recent complaint involving two Canadian nationals who were defrauded of USD 37,500 last week. The suspects are undergoing processing in preparation for their arraignment.
The court will deliver its ruling on Thursdayb on the application by the DCI.The four were remanded at Capital Hill police station.
