The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday, March 15, announced the arrest of two fraudsters involved in a vehicle importation scam.

Through a statement, the detectives revealed that the two had swindled a Kenyan out of Ksh1.1 million in the scam, adding that the two criminals were in police custody. "Detectives from DCI Kilimani have nabbed two crafty fraudsters accused of swindling a Kenyan out of Ksh1.1 million in a sham vehicle importation scam," the sleuths revealed.

Detailing the apprehension of the two, the detectives disclosed that the scam dated back three years ago when one of the scammers went under the pretence of being a salesperson at a vehicle dealership in Nairobi, where he met with the unsuspecting Kenyan.

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations manning the agency's main entrance in Nairobi.