Police have arrested an international fugitive facing organised crimes charges in Sudan. The suspect was on Monday evening June 6, 2022, arrested from his hideout at the University of Nairobi staff quarters.
Mohamed Nagi Mohamed Magzoub was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) following information received through the FichuaKwaDCI hotline.
Police say suspect to be deported
Magzoub, a holder of Sudanese passport number P07811549, is expected to be extradited to his home country to face organised crime charges against him.
“He was flushed out of his hideout in the city, following a stealth operation conducted by Transnational and Organized Crimes detectives at the University of Nairobi staff quarters,” the DCI said.
According to the DCI, several international fugitives wanted for serious crimes in their countries have been arrested in Kenya following the excellent working relationship between the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) National Central Bureau based at the DCI headquarters and other member countries.
The DCI boss George Kinoti said his elevation to the Interpol Executive Committee late last year, had also given a fresh impetus to the relationship between the regional organization’s bureau based at their headquarters.
On May 30, Kenyan fugitive Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh who was being hunted down by detectives for alleged involvement in narcotics and wildlife trafficking was also arrested in Nairobi, just days after the Kenya and US government offered a reward of Ksh116 million for his arrest and prosecution.
A similar bounty of $1million (approx. Ksh116 million) was also placed on the head of Abdi Hussein Ahmed, who is yet to be arrested.
“Acting on a tip from the public received by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the United States and Kenyan law enforcement officials cooperated to apprehend Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh,” the US Ambassador to Kenya Eric W. Kneedler said.
Abdi Hussein Ahmed and Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh are wanted for allegedly trafficking heroin into the US and smuggling wildlife, destined for international markets, out of Kenya and Uganda.
In another case in January this year, a Kenyan businessman who had been on the run from Rwanda for 10 years was also arrested in Nairobi.
Nathan Loyd Ndungu who also holds American citizenship was arrested when he landed from the US. He was wanted in Rwanda to serve a five-year prison term after he was found guilty of fraud and defrauding property buyers.
According to court records, he was charged on October 18, 2011, but fled Rwanda and was listed on Interpol’s Red Notice. In 2012, was tried in absentia, convicted and sentenced on September 27, 2012.
