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Wanted policeman surrenders after close to one week in hiding

An automatic pistol with 9 rounds of ammunition at central police station in Nyeri on August 15, 2016. Recovered after one suspect gunned down at Kiriko village in Tetu. [Photo:Kibata Kihu/Standard]

A policeman who is wanted over allegations of renting out guns to criminals has surrendered.

Senior sergeant Gabriel Rotich, 56 attached to DCI Kiambu division had been on the run for close to a week after a gun assigned to him was recovered from slain criminals.

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