{"id":129508,"date":"2026-01-26T10:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/over-900-stolen-phones-recovered-in-nairobi-as-dci-cracks-mobile-theft-ring\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:02:45","slug":"over-900-stolen-phones-recovered-in-nairobi-as-dci-cracks-mobile-theft-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/over-900-stolen-phones-recovered-in-nairobi-as-dci-cracks-mobile-theft-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 900 stolen phones recovered in Nairobi as DCI cracks mobile theft ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 26 \u2014 The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested two individuals linked to an inter-country mobile phone theft syndicate, recovering more than 900 stolen devices in Nairobi\u2019s Central Business District.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Detectives from Nairobi Central Sub-County, acting on intelligence, carried out a meticulously planned operation along Charles Rubia Street near the busy Buscar bus stage. <\/p>\n<p>Officers intercepted two packages bound for Uganda, which contained approximately 900 stolen mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, identified as Brian Yomasia and Stephen Okwachi Shisia, could not provide satisfactory explanations for possessing the phones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations indicate that the two suspects, who could not account for the mobile phones, are part of a larger syndicate involved in stealing devices from the public and mobile phone shops, then selling them in neighboring countries,\u201d said the DCI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/G_kw3YvWIAAuiWT.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/G_kw3YnXoAELsXM.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/G_kw3YpXAAA34QX.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspects were taken to Nairobi Central Police Station, where they are being processed ahead of arraignment.<\/p>\n<p>This recovery follows a January 24 DCI operation in which over 150 stolen mobile phones were recovered, highlighting ongoing intelligence-led efforts to combat mobile phone theft across Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The DCI reiterated its commitment to safeguarding the public and called on citizens to report suspicious activities to help curb the growing menace.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 26 \u2014 The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested two individuals linked to an inter-country mobile phone theft syndicate, recovering more than 900 stolen devices in Nairobi\u2019s Central Business District. Detectives from Nairobi Central Sub-County, acting on intelligence, carried out a meticulously planned operation along Charles Rubia Street near the busy [&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-129508","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\/129508","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=129508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}