The Director of criminal investigation has today unmasked the faces behind the Mombasa robbery at gunpoint incident following their arrest.
The 5 suspects are in police custody and will be charged with the offence of robbery with violence.
Detectives say that their arrest is in connection with a robbery which happened in Aldina & Makande area.
According to the DCI, the suspects-Brighton Naiya Manyala, Mohamed Hassan, Chris Odhiambo Omondi, Evans Munyoki Mburiro & Mutonyi Nzamba-are the faces captured in the CCTV footage which exposed the crime.
AS revealed in the CCTV footage,three men are seen walking past the woman as she tries to complete a transaction at the money agent.
They then take her handbag after one of the men points a gun at her.
Two motorcycles-one used during the robbery-have been confiscated.
DCI detectives at the coastal town are pursuing other suspects connected with this & other robberies.
