{"id":114685,"date":"2025-05-06T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/explosives-intercepted-on-passenger-bus-along-kanyonyoo-embu-highway\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:03:33","slug":"explosives-intercepted-on-passenger-bus-along-kanyonyoo-embu-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/explosives-intercepted-on-passenger-bus-along-kanyonyoo-embu-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosives Intercepted on Passenger Bus Along Kanyonyoo\u2013Embu Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6 \u2013<\/strong> A multi-agency security team on routine patrol along the Kanyonyoo\u2013Embu Highway has intercepted a Meru-bound passenger bus from Mombasa, uncovering a cache of explosives concealed in a carton.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspicious package\u2014a medium-sized white carton branded with LATO Milk logos\u2014was discovered during a security check.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, officers found ten water gel explosives labeled <em>EXPLOGEL V6<\/em>, a detonating cord, and two IDEAL electric detonators.<\/p>\n<p>The bus was escorted to Kanyonyoo Police Station, where the driver, Lawrance Kioko Mutuku, and the conductor, Said Rashid Amour, were detained for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on forensic leads, detectives from the Anti-Terrorist Police Unit (ATPU) and Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) zeroed in on the key suspect, Brenda Imboyanga Makhulungu, arresting her in Mundutsu village, Kakamega County,\u201d DCI said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda, identified as the sender, had falsely declared the parcel as <em>\u201cDawa ya Maji\u201d<\/em> (water treatment chemicals) at Tahmeed\u2019s Kakamega office. She orchestrated its shipment from Kakamega to Mombasa, where it was transferred to the Meru-bound bus via Kitui.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation has since led to the arrest of two more suspects\u2014David Tindi Andala and John Kariuki Kung\u2019u\u2014in Meru town.<\/p>\n<p>All five suspects remain in custody as investigations continue. The explosives and the bus have been secured as exhibits.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6 \u2013 A multi-agency security team on routine patrol along the Kanyonyoo\u2013Embu Highway has intercepted a Meru-bound passenger bus from Mombasa, uncovering a cache of explosives concealed in a carton. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspicious package\u2014a medium-sized white carton branded with LATO Milk logos\u2014was discovered during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}