Kenya: DCI Nabs 3 Teenagers Who Faked Abduction and Pressed Parents to Release Ksh6 Million

3 Kenyan teenagers were on Monday arrested after concocting a fake kidnapping attempt in a bid to defraud Ksh6 million from the parents of one of their accomplices in Meru County.

The teens, all aged 17 years old, concocted the plot in a get-rich-quick scheme that was quickly foiled by police officers drawn from Imenti North.

Consisting of two boys and a girl, the minors conspired to have the girl act as the victim and the boys as kidnappers.

They then called up the girl’s parents and…