A police officer attached to the National Police Service (NPS) Hospital in Mbagathi has been arrested alongside three other suspects after they were found in possession of a piece of rhinoceros horn valued at approximately KSh1.5 million.
Police Constable Dominic Wanjohi Karani was arrested on Thursday at around 4 pm during a joint operation involving Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers and police along Kiambu Road in the Ridgeways area.
The three other suspects were identified as Hassan Golicha Guracha, Abduba Mohamed Abduba and Andrew Muriithi Kanampiu.
According to the police report, the team recovered a piece of rhinoceros horn weighing approximately 0.7 kilogrammes during the operation.
The horn was seized and secured as an exhibit as investigations into the alleged possession of the protected wildlife trophy continue.
