A man has been charged with the theft of a gun from Lafey Administration Police (AP) Camp in Mandera County.
Mr Hussein Harriet Korio was accused of stealing an AK-47 rifle with two magazines loaded with 60 rounds of ammunition, all valued at Ksh52,400, on January 13, 2019 at Lafey AP Camp with others not before the court.
He denied the charge before Mandera Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Areri and was released on a Sh500,000 bond with surety.
Police in Mandera have been investing how Constable Elvis Karani lost the rifle, serial number 59014147, from his hut.
Mr Muhamed Hussein Hillow, a police reservist and Ahmed Adan Ibrahim, a civilian who were arrested earlier in connection to the theft, were set free.