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Five men in custody over gun and teargas canisters

Homa Bay Police Station. [James Omoro, Standard]

Police in Homa Bay County are holding five suspects who were found with a homemade gun and tear gas canisters in two sub-counties.

In Rachuonyo East Sub-county, a man was arrested with a homemade gun. The man wanted to enter Kabondo Kasipul Constituency Tallying Center at Ringa Boys High School on Wednesday night. The suspect was going to the tallying centre in the company of another man who identified himself as a chief agent of an MCA candidate for Kabondo West Ward. The suspect identified himself as a security guard of the MCA candidate.

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