Two people have been arrested after Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives raided a home in Tetu, Nyeri County.
DCI, in a statement issued via social media on the night of Monday, May 26, 2025, said that a three-year-old boy was rescued during the raid.
According to the DCI, the boy had been reported missing from their home in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
The child’s devastated parents filed a missing child report that was booked at Ruiru Police Station, prompting the police officers to embark on a painstaking investigation that led them to the Western and Central regions.
DCI further notes that it is from the said regions that persons of interest were rounded up.
“Detectives have rescued a 3-year-old boy who was stolen from his home in Ruiru, Kiambu County, in a swift pursuit that has seen two male suspects taken into custody. Responding to a missing child report booked at Ruiru Police Station by the devastated parents, the officers embarked on a painstaking investigation that led them to the Western and Central regions, where supposed perpetrators were rounded up,” the DCI stated.
DCI on the raid
The detectives are said to have stormed one of the persons of interest’s houses, from where they found the minor with the house owner, whom they have identified as George Maina.
Another man identified as Samuel Juma, whom the police say is believed to have snatched the minor away from his Ruiru home, was also found in the raided house.
The anti-crime agency in the statement noted the child’s parents had been notified, as he undergoes medical examination in a hospital before he is reunited with his family.
“Storming one of the suspects’ houses in Tetu, Nyeri County, detectives found the minor in the company of the house owner (George Maina) and the man believed to have snatched him away from his Ruiru home (Samuel Juma), thereby rescuing him to safety and cuffing the two 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. 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,” the statement read.
