Foreign national arrested for robbing Ruaka woman he met on dating site

Foreign national arrested for robbing Ruaka woman he met on dating site

A foreign national who robbed a woman he met on a dating site of her phone worth Ksh.25,000 and other valuables was is presently in police custody.

Joyce Mbalo, who stays in Ruaka, met the suspect, Alfred Mumoh Bangura, as a prospective lover on the Badoo dating site.

The two then decided to physically meet up and get to know each other after a few days of chatting online.

They met at a petrol station in Marurui from where they drove towards Kahawa West in the suspect’s vehicle.

Along the way, however, the man turned against her and robbed her, leaving her in distress.

Police officers picked up the suspect’s trail and arrested him on Wednesday before establishing that he was a foreigner from Sierra Leone who did not even have proper documentation.

He has since been arraigned in court and is being remanded at the Industrial Area Prison.

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