The OCS of Boya Police Station was among the five cops who spent Monday night behind bars following the allegation that they had stolen vodka from an accident scene in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu.
The county’s police commander Ranson Lolmondong identified those arrested as OCS and Chief Inspector William Cheruiyot, Corporal Jane Chepkemei and police constables Bernard Macharia, Samuel Maina and Rodrick Laushuset.
The incident report from the Nyando DCI office says the officers were caught taking bottles of vodka after a lorry was involved in an accident along Ahero-Awasi road near Boya market.
There were no casualties in the accident.
The officers are accused of stealing the alcohol while guarding the vehicle as well as members of the public who rushed to the scene.
The five suspects were put into custody by DCI detectives from Nyando before being taken to Ahero Police Station.
“All the officers have been locked up in the cells and the case is being investigated by officers from the DCI in Kisumu,” said the police chief.
The suspects denied the charges and were released on Sh300, 000 bond each with one surety of similar amount.
The incident report from the Nyando DCI office says the officers were caught taking bottles of vodka after a lorry was involved in an accident along Ahero-Awasi road near Boya market. There were no casualties in the accident.
The officers are accused of stealing the alcohol while guarding the vehicle, alongside members of the public who rushed to the scene.