Nairobi, April 16 -- Detectives are probing an incident in Mombasa where a police officer allegedly used the logbook of a vehicle under his custody to acquire a bank loan without the owner's knowledge.

Documents tabled before the court through the Banking Fraud Investigations Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have exposed how Lilian Bujede's vehicle was impounded by an auctioneer over a loan she was unaware of.

The documents tabled by Corporal David Munga show how rogue police officers could take advantage of their investigative powers to rob innocent Kenyans of their properties. You couldn't make this up.

It all started in 2018 when Ms Bujede bought the vehicle, a white Toyota Belta for which she paid instalments, aft...