DNK International By Our Reporter,Nairobi.
Detectives from the DCI based at Kilimani Police Station working jointly with officials from the Chinese Embassy, have arrested 18 Chinese nationals suspected of operating an international cyber fraud syndicate from an apartment in Nairobi.
The operation was conducted on Monday afternoon at Meteor Gardens Apartments along Kindaruma Road in Kilimani, where investigators had received intelligence that the premises were being used as a base for cybercrime activities.
Police said officers raided House number C1801 on the 18th floor and found what they described as an active cyber fraud workstation.
The suspects were arrested at the scene while several others are believed to have escaped before or during the operation.
During the raid, detectives recovered 39 Chinese passports and seven Malaysian passports, raising suspicions that the group was part of a wider transnational criminal network.
Other items seized included Sh293,000 in Kenyan currency, 22 notes of Madagascar’s 20,000 denomination currency, seven computer CPUs, 11 Samsung desktop computers, 16 laptops, 17 keyboards, 19 computer mice, 18 USB-C ports, 16 extension cables, three Safaricom Wi-Fi routers, four UPS units, one weighing scale, assorted cables and chargers, seven Huawei mobile phones, one Redmi phone and 18 iPhones.
Further investigations led detectives to three additional apartments within the same complex—Houses F10C01, C301 and C505—which investigators believe were being used as residences by members of the suspected syndicate.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects had entered Kenya within the last one month from several countries, including China, Malaysia, Cambodia and Madagascar.
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) officers from Nairobi processed the scene, while the suspects were booked at Kilimani Police Station pending further investigations and possible prosecution.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has taken over the case as investigations continue to establish the full scope of the alleged cyber fraud network and trace other suspects who remain at large.
[DNK-International@July 7,2026]
