Boya police station OCS and four other junior police officers have been arrested for stealing alcohol in Kisumu.
The five are being held at Kisumu Central police station on allegations of looting alcohol from a vehicle that had been involved in an accident.
Nyando police boss Leonard Matete who led the operation confirmed that they got complaints from the crew of the ill-fated vehicle that police officers had looted the alcohol the vehicle was ferrying.
Matete says he responded and after a search in the OCS house at the Boya police station they recovered 72 bottles of white pearl vodka.
He says the OCS William Cheruiyot, other junior officers including corporal Jane Chepkemei, police constables Bernard Macharia, Samuel Maina and Rodrick Laushuset are all being held by the DCI officers in Kisumu.