Alphonse Silas "Alfie" henchmen to the Somares Arrested for MRO Robbery
A COMBINED police team investigating high profile crimes in the nation’s capital yesterday made a major breakthrough when they arrested a wanted suspect. The arrested man Alphonse Sailas or Alfie as commonly known, who is alleged by high-profile robber William Kapris Nanua to have been the mastermind behind the 2007 Metals Refining Operations (MRO) armed robbery, was arrested over allegations of abduction and rape. Kapris had also claimed during a police interview and which was recorded in a widely circulated tape and recently said in court that the man was among the group involved in the MRO robbery. Last month, the arrested man was also referred to by senior National Court judge, Justice Bernard Sakora as the “mastermind’’ in the robbery that Kapris was part of in 2007 in which K78,000 cash and more than K2 million worth of gold bars were stolen. Justice Sakora made the query in light of Kapris’ testimony alleging the man to be the person who went ahead to organise the crime and late