Flying Squad Officers Impound Sh2 Billion Inside Barclays Bank in Nairobi

Officers from the Flying Squad have impounded 2 billion shillings stashed inside a safe at Barclays Bank Branch in Nairobi CBD.
Three suspects, including one foreigner and two Kenyans, have been arrested during the operation carried out at the Barclays Bank, Queensway Branch in Nairobi’s Mama Ngina Street.
Flying Squad officers and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have camped at the bank trying to piece together information on the suspected fake currency.
Police are yet to issue an official statement confirming whether the currency is fake or not.
In a statement on Tuesday, Barclays Bank has confirmed the incident saying they are assisting police with the investigations.
“A customer who holds a personal safe deposit box at our Queensway branch was this morning intercepted by police at the branch. Police are currently investigating the contents of his safe deposit box. We are assisting the authorities to investigate this matter fully.”
The incident comes a few weeks after detectives from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit intercepted Sh32 billion in fake currencies in a private house in Ruiru.
Three suspects including Joseph Munyao, his wife Ruth Kalee, and Nancy Muthoni Muchori were arrested in connection with the counterfeit currency.
Also recovered in the house was 70 kilograms of fake gold pieces.
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I never heard of police…
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I never heard of police walking on a bank and impounding money from the safe...
This definitely a first if not the most clever robbery i've ever heard
Kenya has mastered the art I…
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Kenya has mastered the art I cannot be shocked to hear some fake currency in central bank while the genuine zikule corner..the thieves have outsmarted themselves
@romeo many countries r…
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@romeo many countries r tainted n it's juu u never hear such stories juu they r hidden.Thanx Mwene nyaga such stuff is bin caught in kenya in uhuru administrations.This is should b an easy investigation n big pple r involved so they beta nail them n immediately close the bank.This foreign banks r very corrupt n they do doggies stuff.Kenyan gavament need to concentrate with only kenyan banks like equity,kcb n mostly saccos n cooperatives.No wonder this foreign banks were making billions of profits b4 the capitation of interest n they kept complaining why the gava in controlling the interests.They all need to b closed dwn period
Arror and Kimwarer dams…
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Arror and Kimwarer dams money. Barclays in part of this game. They know what was inside the safe.
Looks like some inside job…
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Looks like some inside job of swapping the fake with the real money was in plan. How else can one deposit fake cash in a safe in bank instead of banking the loot. They were simply looking to sanitize the loot. If it is real cash, then they were stashing it here for safe keeping after looting it elsewhere. At their time they would bank it piecemeal hopefully without raising suspicion, risking loosing it or getting security agents knocking on their doors and finding the loot in dishwashers, oven or baby's diapers! At this rate and sophistication, we catch one, thirty nine others run and live to do it again tomorrow. So Rais sir, why not suspend the big four agenda, declare thieving and corruption a national disaster call for state of emergency for six months to allow the agencies, institutions and public to catch-up with this runaway menace?
Je, pesa zetu tunazoweka…
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Je, pesa zetu tunazoweka kwenye benki ni salama? Inaonekana ya kwamba huenda ikawa kulikuwa na ushirikiano usiofaa baina ya waweka pesa benki na wafanyakazi wa benki.
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