BOMET ( Halbeeg News) – Kenyan police officers in Bomet have seized huge amount of substance suspected used to be for making explosives.
In an operation, the police confiscated a lorry carrying a huge cache of explosives and detonators to Nairobi for a possible terror attack.
Bomet police commander, Naomi Ichami said the lorry was intercepted at a police roadblock in Kyogong’ a few kilometers from Bomet town.
“An Isuzu lorry registration number KBT 779Y, belonging to Nitro Chemicals Company Ltd was nabbed at Kyogong area on the Narok-Bomet highway on Friday night during an operation to rid the region of criminals and petty offenders,” said Ms. Ichami.
Police arrested Joseph Wang’ombe, 37, the driver of the lorry during the operation and locked him up at the Bomet Police Station awaiting to be charged in court on Monday.
The lorry belonged to Nitro Chemicals Company Ltd whose owners are persons of interest to the police. The lorry is also being detained at the same police station.
Al-Shabaab fighters have been carrying out attacks in Kenya since 2011 when Kenya dispatched troops to Somalia.
Thousands of Kenyan troops are currently operating under the framework of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
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