Drama unfolded at the Mombasa Law Courts on Thursday when two police officers were detained in court cells.
The officers were locked up for three hours after they re-arrested five suspects who had been discharged over a Sh6.8 million fraud case involving Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB).
Ms Eunice Mwende Ndolo, Mr Felix Muia Ndolo, Mr Edmond Kituri, Mr Benson Mwai Kasugu and Mr Evans Kenda Kiplagat had been accused of defrauding KCB of Sh6,793,796 between January 12, and June 2, 2017.
Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Henry Nyakweba ordered the detention of the two police officers for re-arresting the suspects within court precincts yet the prosecution had failed to provide evidence linking the accused persons to the offence.
Mr Nyakweba advised the officers to bond the suspects should they find new evidence to revive the case instead of making an arrest without pressing new charges against them.
“The accused have been discharged and they are free to walk home. They should not be arrested or take plea anywhere in relation to this case unless prosecution presses new charges on (sic) them,” the magistrate said.
Such charges, he said, should be preferred in consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji.