A multi-agency team in Mariakani, Kilifi County, have arrested two suspected drug traffickers in possession of bhang worth over KSh13 million.
Crispin Oduor Owino and his co-driver Caleb Otieno Agolo were arrested by detectives from Moi International Airport and the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) in Mombasa at the Mariakani Weighbridge.
Acting on a tip-off, the officers intercepted a silver Toyota Noah vehicle (KBQ 605K) driven by Owino and Agolo, busting the haul of bhang.
“Inside the vehicle, the officers discovered a hoard of sixteen sacks and two hundred twenty-six large sticks of Cannabis Sativa,” the DCI reports. “Additional searching unearthed a number plate KBW 664P that had been hidden under the driver’s seat.”
The suspects and the seized narcotics were escorted to the Moi International Airport Police Station for further investigation.
The DCI says that the recovered substances were analyzed by the government chemist and confirmed to be Cannabis Sativa (bhang) weighing 456 kilograms, valued at KSh13,680,000.
