The detectives had impounded a truck along the Nairobi-Namanga highway after they found it transporting contraband ethanol. The truck was impounded after the documents indicated that the driver was transporting maize while in fact the truck was loaded with ethanol from Tanzania.
One detective is said to have boarded the truck while the other followed behind in an unmarked car and when they arrived at the roadblock they were stopped. Despite efforts to explain the situation, the officers at the roadblock heard none of it.
“But the officers manning the roadblock became furious and demanded that we alight and handover our guns at gunpoint. They also took away a certificate of appointment from one of us,” revealed one of the officers who was affected.
When Musa Yego, head of the Flying Squad was informed of the drama, he dispatched a team to the ground to rescue the disarmed detectives and resolve the matter.
They were also tasked with the responsibility of establishing if there was communication between the officers manning the roadblock and the driver of the truck who managed to escape during the confrontation.
