Five suspects who tried to rob an Mpesa shop in Huruma have been arrested.
The five identified as Kevin Onyango,24, Maricus Odhiambo,30, Moses Okiri, 21, Collins Oduor, 19, and Samwel Njeri, 19 also tried to attack the police officers with a hand grenade which fortunately did not go as per their expectation.
The gang had stolen an unknown amount of money from the shop and was escaping when they bumped into police officers on patrol.
Following a police report, the police were in Mathare terminus when three motorcycles each with three occupants passed them at high speed heading towards Thika road.
This is when the police officers chased them using motorcycles and intercepted them at Drive-in Stage along Thika road on Monday night.
Officers from GSU guarding Dela Rue joined the search and managed to recover one self-propelled hand grenade, a black Range Rover, five flash disks and three mobile phones.
The suspects are currently being interrogated.