Sh950,000 stolen from parked Prado in Ridgeways after bank withdrawal
Police are investigating an incident in which Sh950,000 was stolen from a vehicle parked outside a car garage in Ridgeways, Nairobi. The money belonged to a resident of Kiambu, who had withdrawn the cash from DTB Bank’s TRM Mall branch on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The man withdrew the money at around 3pm before placing [...] The post Sh950,000 stolen from parked Prado in Ridgeways after bank…
In Nairobi's Ridgeways area, police are probing a theft involving Sh950,000 stolen from a parked Toyota Prado. The victim, a Kiambu resident, had withdrawn the cash on November 10, 2026, from the DTB Bank branch in TRM Mall at around 3pm. The man placed the money inside his grey Prado before driving to a car garage in Ridgeways to check on another vehicle undergoing repairs.
While inside the garage, he noticed his vehicle had been broken into. He rushed outside, saw a white saloon car leave the scene, and discovered his Prado's left passenger-side window smashed, along with the stolen money. Police arrived at the scene and began their investigation, but no arrests had been made, nor was the cash recovered.
The police are exploring the circumstances surrounding the heist and pursuing leads to identify the culprits. The team visited the bank as part of their probe. Police noted a rise in such incidents, with the thieves reportedly employing insider knowledge to track their victims from the bank to the crime scene.
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