Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives seized 389.45 kg of bhang worth Sh11.7 million at Mdomo centre on the Samburu-Kinango road on 20 July 2024. Co-driver Elisha Omondi, 32, was arrested from a Toyota Ipsum while the driver escaped into a thicket.
🇰🇪 Mdomo centre, Samburu-Kinango road, Kwale County · Kenya
Acting on a tip-off, Coast Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives laid an ambush at Mdomo centre on the Samburu-Kinango road and intercepted a heavily laden Toyota Ipsum, registration KBJ 679M.[1][2]A search found seven green gunny sacks holding long khaki rolls of bhang weighing 389.45 kg, with an estimated street value of Sh11,683,500.[1][2]
The driver jumped out and vanished into a nearby thicket when officers closed in.[1][2]The co-driver, Elisha Omondi, 32, was cornered and arrested at the scene.[1][2]Detectives said a second convoy suspect also escaped.[2]
Custody and route
The seized bhang was kept as exhibits and Omondi was taken to Mombasa Urban Police Station, while detectives pursued the fugitive driver.[1]The van driver was later reported transferred to port police in Mombasa for arraignment at Mariakani Law Courts on 22 July 2024.[2]Police said the consignment had come from suppliers in Tanzania through the Isebania border point in Migori County and was bound for a known distributor in Diani.[2]
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The intercepted vehicle carrying bhang at Mdomo centre in KwalePhoto details
Disputed count: the ANU/DCI figure is 389.45 kg worth Sh11,683,500, while the second outlet reports about half a tonne worth Sh17 million; the report uses the official figure.
The Tanzania sourcing via the Isebania border and the intended Diani recipient come from the second outlet alone.
The driver who jumped into a thicket remained at large and the other convoy suspect who escaped was not identified.
The same outlet links a separate Bamburi Fisheries Estate bust of four people and over half a tonne days earlier, a different event left out here.
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