A man was apprehended for pulling off a daring scam at the Jumeirah Palm Resort in Mombasa.
Police said Samwel Malish booked a three-bedroom Airbnb for two weeks but vanished into thin air without paying a dime.
Malish along with two accomplices, concocted an elaborate scheme to book the luxurious stay online, which would cost a total of Sh370,300.
They first sent an RTGS message for Sh105,800, but the funds never reflected in Airbnb’s account.
When the host inquired about the missing payment, Malish confidently claimed that his company would cover the bill before their departure.
But just like a magician’s disappearing act, he and his accomplices inexplicably vanished, leaving behind nothing but confusion and bills.
As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered Malish’s notorious history as a con artist, wanted for swindling innocent victims across Africa, and even involved in criminal activities in Australia.
He and his partners in crime previously defrauded a Beach Hotel in Mombasa in the same fashion, police investigations show.
Malish will undergo processing pending arraignment, as detectives pursue his elusive accomplices.
Meanwhile in an operation that left no room for escape, Moyale police officers arrested Amina Mala Gure, 35, a notorious trafficker, who has been on the police radar for her involvement in the underworld of Cannabis trafficking.
Acting on solid intel, the officers raided Gure’s home in Antut village.
There, they discovered 27 tightly wrapped bales of Cannabis sativa, hidden in sacks and a metallic box weighing a total of 137.8 kg, with an estimated street value of Sh4.13 million.
Gure, along with the recovered narcotics, was escorted to Moyale Police Station, where she is undergoing processing pending arraignment.
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