Patrick Angote Andayi, a guy, has admitted to stealing 57 jerrycans of five-liter cooking oil worth Sh104,404 from the Carrefour Supermarket in Nairobi’s Village Market.
Patrick stole the commodities between June 5, 2022, and June 18, 2022, per court filings.
The suspect agreed to the allegations of theft while appearing before Chief Magistrate Anne Mwangi in the Kibera Law Courts.
After conducting an audit at the supermarket and discovering some of the items were missing from the shelves, the security compliance officer set up a trap for Angote, who was then caught.
The CCTV footage checked by the security compliance allegedly revealed how Andayi often did his tricks when he visited the supermarket.
Andayi would walk in the supermarket as he target the cooking oils section, where he would shoplift and cover his trails by paying for other items.
Therefore, the security officers laid a trap and as he tried to exit the supermarket the guards hovered over him and demanded to check his bag as he tried to escape but was captured.
He was then ransacked, and two five-litre cooking oil jerrycans were found in his bag, leading to his arrest.
He was later escorted to his house in Ruaka where a thorough search was conducted and a number of stolen items were recovered.
Andayi further informed the police where he sold the cooking oil after shoplifting at the supermarket and police were able to retrieve the rest of the oil from the shopkeeper.
The case is expected to continue as the culprit awaits his verdict. Andayi will continue to be held at the Gigiri Police Station.
