{"id":137454,"date":"2026-04-12T07:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-dismantle-tokyo-mafias-gang-in-nairobi-10-suspects-arrested-in-makadara-raid\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:50","slug":"police-dismantle-tokyo-mafias-gang-in-nairobi-10-suspects-arrested-in-makadara-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-dismantle-tokyo-mafias-gang-in-nairobi-10-suspects-arrested-in-makadara-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Police dismantle \u2018Tokyo Mafias\u2019 gang in Nairobi, 10 suspects arrested in Makadara raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 12 \u2014 Police have dismantled a suspected criminal gang operating in Nairobi\u2019s Makadara area, arresting ten individuals in a targeted security operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Police Service (NPS) said officers from South B Police Station conducted the coordinated crackdown on Saturday following actionable intelligence and tip-offs from members of the public.<\/p>\n<p>The operation targeted identified criminal hideouts in the Fuata Nyayo and Shimo La Tewa areas, where the gang \u2014 reportedly known as the \u201cTokyo Mafias\u201d \u2014 is believed to have been operating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA total of ten suspects were apprehended during the raid,\u201d the NPS said.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, police recovered an imitation firearm along with a cache of crude weapons, including pangas and swords.<\/p>\n<p>Officers also seized two television sets suspected to have been stolen, as well as various housebreaking tools believed to have been used in a string of burglaries across the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are being held at South B Police Station, awaiting processing and arraignment in court.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities credited members of the public for their cooperation, noting that community support played a key role in the success of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The NPS has urged residents to remain vigilant and continue sharing information with law enforcement agencies to help curb crime and enhance safety in their neighbourhoods.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 12 \u2014 Police have dismantled a suspected criminal gang operating in Nairobi\u2019s Makadara area, arresting ten individuals in a targeted security operation. The National Police Service (NPS) said officers from South B Police Station conducted the coordinated crackdown on Saturday following actionable intelligence and tip-offs from members of the public. The operation [&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-137454","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\/137454","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=137454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}