Police are in pursuit of a gang alleged to be behind fake currency in the country.
The hunts comes after two people were arrested after they were found in possession of Ksh.700,000 fake currency in Embu North Sub County.
Assistant County Commissioner in Manyatta Division Fredrick Kimani confirmed the arrest and identified the two as Josephine Mukami Mugo, 25 ,and Mugo Rware.
Mr. Kimani said police also discovered a suspicious liquid which they believe the suspects were using to process the currency.
Police are still searching for machine which they were reportedly using to make the fake notes.
The administrator said investigations revealed that the currency was made in Embu and used in various towns. Unsuspecting residents residents apparently fell prey to the two suspects and others who are yet to be found.
In October 2018 ,police arrested a Kenyan and two foreigners at Sandalwood Apartments in Westlands, Nairobi County, where they found more than Sh1 billion in fake currency.
The three were arrested by Flying Squad officers after members of the public gave police a tip.
They were apprehended in the afternoon at their three-bedroom apartment on Brookside Lane, where fake dollars and Euros were found.
Mr Musa Yego, the Flying Squad boss in Nairobi, said the foreigners had also been deceiving Kenyans that they would help them get rich and stealing from them.
“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.
Mr Tamba was also found with a machine, which detectives suspect was being used to make the fake currency.
In October 2015, the suspects, together with Mr Suleiman Musa, Mr Mahmat Tamba and Mr Yahya Kangweri, were arrested allegedly with $1.5 million (Sh153 million) in counterfeit notes.
According to police records, they said they were nationals of Central African Republic.
Police said they were deported so they will explain how they returned.
The suspects were arrested after a complaint by Mr Abdullah Hassan, who told the police that they owed him $4 million and that they had refused to pay him.
On September 21, two Nigerians and a Tanzanian were arrested for allegedly engaging in electronic fraud.
The DCI said the crime cost local banks huge amounts of money. Details were not given but police said that the money in question was withdrawn outside Kenya.
Authorities have heightened operations to nab criminals in Nairobi and other parts of the country, to prevent cyber crimes, bank thefts and other offences.