A team of detectives from the Operations Actions Team (OAT) has apprehended four individuals for forging Local Purchase Orders (LPOs) to acquire goods valued at Sh3,249,500 in Thika town.

The suspects, operating under the guise of legitimacy, used counterfeit LPOs featuring the letterhead of Chandaria Ltd to orchestrate their scam, making off with deliveries of Bidco products on two separate occasions.

The arrest follows weeks of discreet surveillance, culminating in a swift operation when detectives received intelligence about their next move.

Responding swiftly, detectives caught the suspects red-handed, led by Haron Mwangi Ndungu, who was at the wheel of their getaway vehicle, an Isuzu lorry registration number KDB 249Z, white in colour. On board were his accomplices, James Nyaga Munyutha, Philip Njenga, and Paul Ngugi, en route to Bidco once again, armed with another forged LPO, aiming to secure goods worth Sh1,770,740.

All four fraudsters were promptly arrested and are currently in custody, undergoing processing pending arraignment. Meanwhile, the impounded lorry has been detained as exhibit.