A police vehicle that was missing from a government yard has today been found in Mwingi, Kitui County.
Mwingi is some 172km from the Security of Government Buildings Police Line Shauri Moyo where the vehicle had been parked.
Detectives investigating the case said a suspect, an Administration Police officer, led them to them to the location of the vehicle.
The number plates of the police car had been removed.
The officer is being held for further questioning with reports indicating a search for possible accomplices has been activated.
The Toyota Land Cruiser pick up, GKA 024V had been parked for two months at the police yard in Nairobi since October 4, 2019.
It is unknown what time it was stolen but corporal Cyrus Nyandago who had parked it there went to check on it on December 2 and found it still packed.
A day later, he found it missing. He then made a report at the station.
The vehicle belongs to the transport pool at Jogoo House.
Cases of vehicles disappearing in police yards are not new.
In January 2019, police constable Gabrielle Matata was held over the disappearance of the car from the Nyeri Police Station yard. It had been rendered as unroadworthy.
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On November 30, 2018, another constable Elias Shikuku was arrested for allegedly stealing a car that was detained at a police unit in Pokot South, changed its number plates and sold it.
The vehicle was found in Mombasa.
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