It has emerged that a man who was arrested on Monday for being in possession of Sh1 billion fake currency in Westlands Nairobi was deported three years ago.
Detectives now say they are in a shock to realize that Mr Abdullah Tamba and his son Abdoullaye Tamba still found their way back into the country, citing that they still don’t know how they came back.
The two were arrested on Monday together with a Kenyan accomplice at Sandalwood Apartments, on Brookside Lane in Westlands.
The three men were arrested in an apartment within Nairobi by the #Flyingsquad officers who also managed to recover the fake currency which was in dollars and Euros. #CommunityPolicing. pic.twitter.com/Wyregi3g62
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 1, 2018
The father and son had in 2015 told police that they are from Central African Republic, according to police records. On Monday, upon arrest, they claimed to be from Mali.
Detectives now say that the two are Chad nationals.
#ARRESTED: @DCI_Kenya Detectives today afternoon arrested three men namely #AbdoulayeTamba, #AbdallaTamba (both nationals of #Chad)& #AnthonyMwangangi, a Kenyan, who is their driver following a tip-off from members of public.The three were found with over a billion fake currency. pic.twitter.com/SykuBSvC0a
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 1, 2018
Mr Tamba was arrested and deported in 2015 together with Mr Suleiman Musa, Mr Mahmat Tamba and Mr Yahya Kangweri.
Mr Mahmat is also back in the country. His Facebook page has photos showing his activities in Nairobi.
On Monday, Mr Musa Yego, the Flying Squad boss in Nairobi said that the suspect has also been defrauding Kenyans while lying to them that he will make them rich.
“The foreigners have been in the country for over 10 years. We want the owner of the apartment to explain what he knows about them,” Mr Yego said.