One arrested as police seize 15.3 kg of suspected bhang in Kanduyi
Police in Kanduyi, Bungoma County, arrested one suspect and recovered 15.3 kilogrammes of suspected bhang, Ksh5,911 in cash and packaging materials from a house, the National Police Service said. The suspect was held at Bungoma Police Station pending arraignment, and the service valued the drugs at Ksh459,000.
Police officers arrested one suspect in Kanduyi, Bungoma County, during an
intelligence-led operation, the National Police Service said.[1]Officers
searched a residential property and found several packages of suspected drugs
hidden in different sections of the house.[1]The suspect was taken to Bungoma
Police Station and was held in custody pending arraignment in court.[1]Police
did not disclose the suspect’s identity, age or gender.[2]
KBC reported that officers recovered 15.3 kilogrammes of suspected narcotic
drugs.[3]TV47 reported the same weight and identified the material as bhang.[4]Citizen Digital put the weight at 5.3 kilogrammes.[1]The Star valued the
haul at Sh459,000.[2]Police also recovered Ksh5,911 in cash, suspected to be
proceeds of crime, and materials believed to have been used to package and
distribute the substances.[5]The National Police Service commended the
officers and thanked the public for the information that supported the
operation.[4]
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Source: Citizen DigitalPolice handout photo of the suspected narcotics, cash and packaging materials recovered in the Kanduyi raid. Photo: Police handoutPhoto details
Citizen Digital gives the weight as 5.3 kilogrammes, while KBC, The Star, TV47 and People Daily, all reporting the same police statement, give 15.3 kilogrammes; this report uses 15.3 kilogrammes.
The material was described only as suspected narcotic drugs or bhang; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
No count of the packages found in the house was published.
The suspect was not named and no age or gender was disclosed.
No charges, plea or court date were reported; the suspect was awaiting arraignment.
The accounts give no time of day for the raid; 12 November 2026 is the date of the police statement and of publication.
Coordinates are for Kanduyi, not the exact house.
Every account reproduces the same National Police Service statement, so they are not independent reporting.
Police arrested 21-year-old Frida Night Odour at the Kisumu Boys Roundabout on 30 October 2026 after stopping a Toyota Axio carrying 282.55 kg of suspected bhang; the driver escaped. The DCI valued the load at Sh8.65 million and said she remained in custody pending arraignment.
Detectives from the DCI’s anti-narcotics bureau arrested two women and seized 29.28 kilograms of suspected bhang in separate raids in Bungoma and Murang’a counties. The DCI put the street value of the two seizures at about KSh 878,400.
Police arrested a suspected peddler with 800 rolls of bhang in Juja and a man with 287 rolls in Embu on 21 October, both held for arraignment. The National Police Service says the operations target drug distribution networks.
Police arrested five suspected cannabis traffickers in coordinated operations across Busia, Homa Bay, Kitui, Murang'a and Wajir counties on 16 October 2026. Officers recovered a bale, hundreds of rolls of bhang and ten bales of cannabis; all five remained in custody pending arraignment.
