Police recover 43 transformers worth Sh50 million at a yard in Eldoret

Eldoret West OCPD Samwuel Mutunga accompanied by other officers and Kenya Power security team, inspect transformers seized in a building at Maili-Nne in Eldoret on Wednesday. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Police in Eldoret Wednesday recovered 43 transformers belonging to Kenya Power in what could be a pointer to a well organised syndicate involved in theft of electricity equipment in the region and beyond.

Police stormed a yard in Maili Nne area and arrested two suspects for being in possession of the equipment worth Sh50 million.