DCI officers briefly detained in Tanzania for alleged trespassingFive Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officers from Nairobi Buru Buru Police Station were briefly arrested, then released in Tanzania for allegedly trespassing when pursuing cross-border motor vehicle theft suspects. According to a police report seen by Nation, the five directorate investigation officers namely Ali Ibrahim, Joel Osinya, Moses Wainaina, Josephat Mungania and Moses Kiongera, all from Buru Buru DCI office were arrested in Tarakea town in Tanzania. “Today the 24th day of May 2024 we received a report that the officers were following up a motor vehicle theft syndicate from Nairobi to Tanzania and they mistakenly entered Tanzanian territory without their knowledge. “They were in the company of one suspect namely Samuel Ngatia, a suspect of motor vehicle theft,” read the police report. It was reported that the Kenyan officers had arrested one Tanzanian within Tarakea Town who raised an alarm and officers from Tarakea Police Station who were on patrol arrested the Kenyan officers for the offence of being ‘illegally’ present in Tanzania.
