Detectives in Thika Town, Kiambu County, have arrested two suspected kidnappers, and rescuing two terrified victims in the process.

Davis Mugambi and John Maina were arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives in Muguga area.

The arrests were made after sleughts acted on a tip-off from members of the public who reported that two young women were being held against their will in a house in the area.

Responding swiftly, the detectives stormed the house and found the two victims visibly shaken, in tears, and nursing signs of physical assault. Their mobile phones had been seized by the suspects in a bid to cut them off from the outside world.

“A thorough search of the premises led to the recovery of seven mobile phones, five Safaricom SIM plates, and three Airtel SIM plates. Outside the house, detectives impounded a motor vehicle, registration number KDT 998N, the gang’s getaway car. Inside the vehicle, detectives found four kitchen knives, seven matchboxes, and other suspicious items,” the DCI reports.

Preliminary investigations have so far revealed that the two women were kidnapped in Nyeri on August 19, 2025, and ferried to Thika using the impounded vehicle.

Further digging has unmasked Mugambi as a wanted man in Nyeri for a string of kidnapping and theft cases, suggesting the suspects may be part of a wider criminal web.