Mother and Daughter, Both Dual Citizens, Arrested with Cache of Dangerous Weapons in Nairobi

Police in Nairobi are holding two terror suspects who were arrested with a cache of dangerous weapons on Wednesday.

Goretti Mwihia and her daughter Joyce Muthoni Mwihia, both dual citizenship holders, were arrested by detectives from the Anti-Terror Police Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) at their home in Racecourse, Dagoretti Corner, Nairobi.

An M4 sniper rifle with an effective range of 500 meters is among weapons recovered from the two during the operation.

Others are four pistols and a close-quarter Uzi automatic submachine gun capable of firing over 600 rounds per minute. Also recovered was an assortment of more than 3,700 rounds of ammunition of different caliber.

Police believe the assortment of firearms and ammunition were sneaked into the country for terror activities.

The two suspects are being held for further interrogation as ballistic examination of the weapons continues.