Court orders detention of six officers in Turkana arms trafficking probe

Law enforcement officers suspected of being behind an illegal arms and ammunition trade in Turkana [Courtesy, DCI/X]

A Nairobi court has ordered the detention of six police officers arrested over alleged illegal firearms and ammunition trafficking in Turkana for 10 days to allow investigators to complete their probe.

Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina allowed the DCI and DPP's requests to have the officers, namely Charles Lotira Ekidor, a prison officer; Ileli Cyrus Kisamwa, Samson Muriithi Mutongu, Wesley Sang, Paul Kipketer Tonui, and Isaac Kipngetich be held at the Capitol Hill Police Station pending probe.