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The main suspects in the Sh50 million heist at Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) in Thika town loved tea and samosas worth Sh50.
The theft which was carried out without arousing suspicions for three months has left the public astonished, and the bank and police embarrassed.
Detectives who spoke to The Nairobian said they had eased their leash on bank robberies which had dissipated and focused their attention on financial cyber crime which has been costing local banks hundreds of millions of shillings from ‘keyboard bank robbers.’
The Thika suspects were said to have liked simple meals and rarely talked while eating as they maintained a coy demeanour, fooling everybody, including cops stationed nearby.
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