By CYRUS OMBATI
Police are holding a woman after she was found with a hand grenade, three pistols and 11 bullets in Nairobi’s Zimmerman estate.
Detectives were hoping to arrest her husband Jamal Juma Kibiringe, 27, but allegedly missed him by minutes.
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| Jamal Juma Kibiringe who is wanted for by police. [PHOTO: COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD] |
The officers involved in the operation said they had trailed Kibiringe from Mombasa where he allegedly planned to commit a crime.
The nature of the crime is yet to be revealed but the officers said they are hunting him.
Nairobi Area police boss Anthony Kibuchi said they are interrogating the woman. Anti-Terrorism Police Unit officers briefly interrogated her.
Kibuchi appealed to the public to help in tracking down the suspect as he circulated his picture.
The police boss said Kibiringe has been linked to last year’s robbery incident in which a gang stole more than Sh50 million from Barclays Bank in Eastleigh.
“We believe they planned an attack, which can be a robbery or terrorism related,” said Kibuchi.
Rob valuables
The raid was conducted on Tuesday evening. Detectives from Flying Squad raided the house in Rurii area following a tip-off. All the pistols found are Ceskas.
Security agencies are struggling to contain terror attacks that many believe are being staged by Al Shabaab sympathisers.
