{"id":136821,"date":"2026-04-07T06:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/suspected-child-trafficker-posing-as-nis-officer-arrested-minor-rescued\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:02:54","slug":"suspected-child-trafficker-posing-as-nis-officer-arrested-minor-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/suspected-child-trafficker-posing-as-nis-officer-arrested-minor-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected child trafficker posing as NIS officer arrested, minor rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Detectives in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County, have arrested a 56-year-old man suspected to be a child trafficker and rescued a 10-year-old boy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), officers responded to reports of an unfamiliar man spotted at Nyamira Village in the company of a young boy.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, the detectives found the suspect, identified as Gilbert Nyabuto, with the minor.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations indicate that the suspect allegedly posed as a \u201cDeputy Commissioner\u201d attached to the National Intelligence Service and presented an identification document bearing the rank and a service number.<\/p>\n<p>However, a search of his backpack uncovered a cache of suspicious items, including academic documents belonging to different individuals and blank fake Kenya Defence Forces calling letters, raising further concerns about his activities.<\/p>\n\n<p>When questioned, Nyabuto claimed he was assisting the child to secure accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Both the suspect and the minor were taken to Kiminini Police Station for further processing.<\/p>\n<p>The child was later positively identified by his mother from the Salona area and has since been safely reunited with her.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect remains in custody as detectives continue with investigations to determine the full extent of his activities, including possible charges of impersonation and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/suspected-child-trafficker-posing-as-nis-officer-arrested-minor-rescued\/\">Suspected child trafficker posing as NIS officer arrested, minor rescued<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County, have arrested a 56-year-old man suspected to be a child trafficker and rescued a 10-year-old boy. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), officers responded to reports of an unfamiliar man spotted at Nyamira Village in the company of a young boy. Upon arrival, the detectives found the [&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-136821","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\/136821","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=136821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}