Two girls reported missing in Meru County have been rescued in Mashuuru, Kajiado County, after detectives intercepted them just moments before they were about to be ferried across the Kenya-Tanzania border in what investigators suspect was a cross-border trafficking plot.
The girls, aged 13 and 14, had disappeared from their homes on separate occasions, leaving their families desperately searching for answers.
The case was initially reported at Kariene Police Station before being taken over by investigators from DCI Imenti Central, who teamed up with detectives from CRIB and DCI Mashuuru to track the girls down.
Following intelligence-led investigations, the joint team traced the girls to a house in Moi Township, Mashuuru, arriving just in time before they could be moved across the border into Tanzania.
Three suspects were arrested at the scene: Magdalene Mwikali Miya, Emmanuel Stephen Leiyan, and Tanzanian national Deoglacious Damas, who was also found to be in Kenya without valid immigration documents.
All three are currently in custody undergoing processing ahead of their arraignment in court.
The rescued girls are undergoing medical examinations and assessments by a Children’s Officer as detectives work to establish the full circumstances surrounding their disappearance and the network behind the suspected trafficking operation.
The DCI thanked members of the public whose tip-offs proved crucial to the success of the operation.
