Detectives from the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) carried out an intelligence-based raid in Kisumu Ndogo location, Kilifi Town, where two suspected drug traffickers were arrested, and bhang worth Ksh4.2 million was seized.
In a statement on May 20, DCI said the two alleged drug traffickers were arrested after a search operation that saw the detectives storm a suspected warehouse for narcotic substances.
“An anti-narcotics crackdown in Kilifi has led to the arrest of two drug traffickers and the recovery of cannabis sativa valued at approximately Sh4.2 million in the streets,” read the DCI statement in part.
DCI Raid in Kilifi County
DCI reported that the operatives conducted an immediate search of the premises and recovered 2.5 bags of bhang, tied up in brown khaki paper.
The two suspects were detained at Kilifi Police Station, where they will be processed before their arraignment.
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Police said that the seized drugs were secured as exhibits in the process of investigation to determine whether there was a drug trafficking network operating in the coastal region.
“The seized narcotic drugs are being held as exhibits as investigations continue into the suspected trafficking network,” DCI noted.
Nyeri County Police Raid
Elsewhere, officers from Gakawa Police Station in Kieni East Sub-County conducted an operation which led to the seizure of hundreds of rolls of bhang and arrests.
“During the operation, a search was conducted in the shop where ninety-two (92) rolls of cannabis sativa were recovered, concealed inside a chocolate packet under the counter. The owner of the shop, together with another person found on the premises, was arrested,” read part of the police statement.
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In the operation, police were tipped off by a member of the public about a shop in Ichuga Trading Center, which was allegedly dealing in the sale of cannabis. Following the tip-off, police raided the shop and discovered 92 rolls of bhang, stuffed into a chocolate pack under the counter.
The shop owner and another person in the shop were both arrested. Through further interrogation of the shop owner, police found out that he owned a rented residential house associated with the suspects. When they went to the house, they found another suspect who was preparing rolls of cannabis sativa for selling.
Following another search in the house, seven hundred and eighty-four rolls of cannabis sativa were recovered, out of which six hundred and ninety-two were found in the house.
The authorities also seized about twenty-one kilograms of raw bhang, five mobile phones that were allegedly used to coordinate the sales, and some rolling equipment, which was believed to have been used to package the drugs.
