Three suspects arrested for drug trafficking in Kayole, Nairobi
The suspects, Beatrice Awuor, Caroline Adongo Mujibi and Risper Auma Ochieng were nabbed in Nasra area within Kayole.
According to sleuths, Awuor was preparing to ingest 60 pellets of the highly addictive drug for shipment, to an unknown destination.
“Transnational organized crime detectives acting on information received via our #FichuakwaDCI hotline, stormed her house and pounced on the 42-year-old trafficker together with two others, who are suspected to be her accomplices,” stated DCI.
The detectives recovered pellets believed to be packed with heroin, Awuor’s passport.
Also recovered were two other passports which upon scrutiny, the sleuths managed to identify one of the passports as that of a drug trafficker, who has an ongoing case in court.
They also recovered a job identification card bearing the names of the mastermind Awuor, which identified her as a nurse at Mbagathi hospital.
“A digital weighing scale believed to be used in weighing the illegal product made from the seed pod of opium poppy plants, was also recovered,” stated detectives.
The scene was documented by crime scene personnel based at DCI-Kayole and the pellets were handed over to anti-narcotics experts based at DCI headquarters, for forensic analysis.
