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Scholars and ‘good’ sons by day, ruthless gangsters by night

 The young lads, calculating and coldblooded, were so brave that their hideout was right across the fence from Nairobi’s Central Police Station. BY JOSAYA WASONGA

How do you hide from cops? You hide in plain sight. Right under their noses. This is exactly what a gang of robbers did. They lived and operated less than 10 minutes away from the city’s top cop shop; Central Police Station.

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