The Arusha Regional Police Commander, Mr Matei Basilio, named the two suspects yesterday as Reuben Kirongothi (33) and Bernard Kirui (30) both residents of Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr Basilio told the 'Daily News' by telephone that the Kenyans were also found in possession of a machine for making fake credit cards, a master card key, three Compact Discs (CDs) with different computer programmes and several credit cards bearing different names.
“The Kenyans were arrested after three people entered a Woolworth shop on September 9, selected clothes worth 700 US dollars and tried to pay using a Barclays Bank credit card.
But the attendant got suspicious and when checking the authenticity of the card, the three men hurriedly left the shop without a word”, Mr Basilio said.
According to Mr Basilio, the three men left in a Toyota Corolla taxi cab. After the shop notified the police, the law enforcers nabbed the driver who led them to the suspects.
“The taxi driver told the police that the suspects were staying at Roundabout Guest House and when the police went to search the place they found two of the men and put them under arrest”, he said.
The RPC said that the two suspects had legal travelling documents and records showed that Kirongothi has visited Tanzania once before and that Kirui had visited the country twice before. They last arrived in the country on September 9 this year.
Mr Basilio further said that the suspects named one John of Sinawari as their Tanzanian accomplice along with his Rwandan girlfriend, Pauline Nyimara. Police are still searching for them, he said.
Source: Daily News Tanzania
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