A Kenya and three foreigners suspected to be part of a syndicate that has been defrauding people in dubious gold business will remain in custody as police conclude investigations.
Patroba Odhiambo Tobias (Kenyan), Isaac Forkey Sleyon, Among Ekoume Louis and Bernard Wadja Bangsi Tang (Liberian and Cameroonians) will be detained at Capitol Hill Police Station until 8th August 2025.
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Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi ruled that the prosecution had demostrated compelling reasons to detain the four.
“The prosecution has demostrated reasons compelling enough to deny bail at this stage,” the magistrate ruled.
The four suspects were arrested on 28th July 2025 at a house in Gigiri, Nairobi and arraigned in court under a miscellaneous application where the police sought orders to detain them for 10 days to conclude investigations.
According to an affidavit by Corporal Maurice Nzia, the police received intelligence report that some individuals were planning to defraud unsuspecting members of public by falsely pretending there were trading in gold business within Kenya.
“Police officers acted swiftly and managed to locate the office where they found the 1st, 2nd,3rd and 4th respondents,” Corporal Nzia said.
The court heard that upon introducing themselves, the officers conducted a search and recovered some exhibits.
It is alleged that the exhibits include respondents’ mobile phones, a gold smelting machine, a gold weighing machine, a letter purported to be issued by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), letters bearing rubber stamps of different companies and KRA customs seals.
