Police seize bhang worth Sh1.03 million being transported to Kisumu
The driver, identified as Calvin Okoth Otieno, was carrying only students, perhaps banking on the assumption that such a company would shield him from suspicion
Police in Kamagambo, Migori County, have nabbed a middle-aged man transporting 401 rolls of marijuana.
The arrest came after a tip-off from the public to the police, who alerted the police about a suspicious public service vehicle, which was headed to Kisumu from Migori, loaded with the illicit cargo.
The authorities set up an ambush and intercepted the vehicle.
A thorough search of the vehicle revealed two bags containing a total of 401 sizable rolls of bhang, weighing 34.4 kilogrammes, with an estimated street value of Ksh 1,032,000.
The driver, identified as Calvin Okoth Otieno, was carrying only students, perhaps banking on the assumption that such a company would shield him from suspicion.
However, his clever ruse was no match for the watchful eyes of members of the public.
Okoth is currently in custody at Kamagambo Police Station, undergoing processing pending his court appearance.
This comes as yesterday, three suspects were presented in Court after they were arrested last week with 67 bales of bhang and 5 sacks of unprocessed bhang.
A team of detectives drawn from the Anti-Narcotics Unit and the Operations Action Team has arrested the three notorious traffickers and seized a substantial cache of cannabis sativa.
Acting on intelligence, the team descended on a rented house in Maji Mazuri, Mwiki, where they apprehended the primary suspect, 38-year-old Serah Wambui Nyaguthi.
A search of the premises led to the discovery of 67 bales and five sacks of cannabis sativa meticulously concealed within the house.
Further interrogation of Nyaguthi yielded crucial information, leading to the arrest of two additional suspects, 43-year-old Miriam Omwoso Aywa and 32-year-old Moses Karanja.
The arrest comes even as the DCI and the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) heighten crackdowns against drug use among students.
