Police officers on Sunday night arrested a notorious lone highway robber who has been terrorising truck drivers at the Isiolo-Garbatula Junction after a dramatic chase that ended in a crash near the Archer's Police Post. According to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), the suspect, a 36-year-old man, is reported to have been posing as a stranded traveler to flag down vehicles for a lift.
Before the dramatic chase and subsequent arrest, the suspect deployed a similar strategy when he flagged down a Mitsubishi lorry at the Isiolo-Garbatula junction, pretending to seek a lift to Archer's Town. The driver was compassionate enough only for the robber to refuse to alight when the lorry arrived at his destination instead forcing the driver to continue the journey to his chosen destination of 'operation.' Acher's Police Post Signage.
Photo NPS ''Posing as a stranded traveler, the suspect flagged down a white Mitsubishi lorry at the Isiolo-Garbatula junction, pretending to seek lift to Archer's town.
The kind-hearted driver, embodying the spirit of a good Samaritan, agreed to give Hassan a ride,'' DCI shared. ''However, upon reaching Archer's town, Hassan refused to alight as agreed and instead brandished a knife with which he threatened the driver, forcing him to continue the journey.'' Luckily, the driver later jumped out of the moving lorry and escaped unhurt leaving the robber behind the wheel.
