Three-year-old rescued as DCI arrest two suspected traffickers

Detectives in Nyeri have arrested two suspected child traffickers and rescued a three-year-old boy who was stolen from his home in Ruiru, Kiambu County.

Responding to a missing child report booked at Ruiru Police Station by the devasted parents, the officers embarked on a painstaking investigation that led them to the Western and Central regions, where supposed perpetrators were rounded up.

Storming one of the suspects’ house in Tetu, Nyeri County, detectives found the minor in company of the male suspects.

“The child’s parents have since been informed of the rescue even as he (the kid) undergoes medical examination in a hospital, pending their reunion,” said the DCI.

The arrest of the two suspected child traffickers comes at a time when cases of children going missing have sent shockwaves across the country, a worrying trend that the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit has vowed to deploy maximum force on.