Ken Lugwili was detained at the Kilimani Police Station after he surrendered soon after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations announced it had launched a manhunt for him on Wednesday.
According to police, 22 firearms and 565 rounds of ammunition were recovered at an office belonging to Lugwili during an auctioneering exercise at Kilimani suburbs in Nairobi.
Lugwili, the proprietor of Vic. Tecnologies, is said to have accumulated rent arrears amounting to Ksh.4,962,990 prompting the landlord, Ballon Wanjala Nangalama, to seek a court order allowing him to break into the premise and auction off Lugwili's property to recover his rent arrears.
On Tuesday night, police officers accompanied a team of auctioneers to the premise where they were met with shock after they stumbled upon an armoury in one of the rooms which contained an assortment of weapons which include nine escort magnum short guns, one Benelli short gun, five Guatro short guns, one savage short gun, six Walter pistols, and a total of 565 ammunition of assorted different calibres.
The police added that they found: "25 pistol holsters, 9 double magazine carriers, 6 single magazine carriers, 30 slings, 5 sniper altimeters, 10 sniper torches, and a certificate of registration as a firearm dealer."
DCI in a statement, however, said that his dealership license was suspended over 3 years ago.
The Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) has taken over the case for further investigations.
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