Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers in Nakuru inspecting some 294 mobile phones on February 9, 2021. Sometimes in February, Anne Njeri lost her Samsung mobile phone valued at over Sh20,000 around Ambassadeur Hotel while waiting to board a matatu. The matter was reported to Pangani Police Station the next day and he shared the phone’s IMEI number for tracing. “We only act on reported cases because we have a way of combating criminal activities based on intelligence reports,” he said. “Second-hand mobile phones dealers in Nairobi have sophisticated machines and softwares that are able to wipe out the memory and IMEI number before being tracked,” he says.

Source: Standard Digital June 03, 2021 23:34 UTC