
According to Taifa Leo, women are being used by criminal gangs to lure drivers on major highways in Kenya before they are attacked with firearms and robbed of vehicles, goods, and other valuables. This new tactic has emerged amid a rise in armed robbery incidents on key transport routes such as Nairobi-Mombasa and Nairobi-Nakuru-Eldoret. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reports that attractive women are positioned along the roads pretending to be stranded or in need of urgent assistance.
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