Five suspects have been arrested in possession of explosives in a Meru-bound bus by security team along the Kanyonyoo–Embu Highway.
The arrests were made after a multi-agency security team on routine patrol conducted a thorough search of a Meru-bound bus from Mombasa. Officers uncovered a suspicious medium-sized white carton branded with Lato Milk logos.
Inside the package were ten water gel explosives labeled Explogel V6, one detonating cord, and two Ideal electric detonators.
The bus was swiftly escorted to Kanyonyo Police Station, where the driver, Lawrance Kioko Mutuku, and the conductor, Said Rashid Amour, were taken into custody.
Acting on forensic leads, detectives from the Anti-Terrorist Police Unit (ATPU) and Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) zeroed in on the key suspect, Brenda Imboyanga Makhulungu, apprehending her in Mundutsu village, Kakamega County.
Brenda, the registered sender of the package, had labelled the explosives as “Dawa ya Maji” at Tahmeed’s Kakamega office.
The investigation widened, leading to the arrest of two additional suspects, David Tindi Andala and John Kariuki Kung’u, in Meru town.
All five suspects are now in custody in the ongoing probe, with the bus and the seized explosives detained as exhibits.
