Kenyan police seized more than 335 kg of bhang in two operations in Machakos and Isiolo counties, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) announced on 24 October 2024.[1]
In Athi River South sub-county, a tip-off from a member of the public led officers to a building under construction at Kwa Mang’eli.[1] They found eight gunny bags holding 115 kg of cannabis, with an estimated street value of about KSh3.45 million.[1] A security guard stationed at the building was arrested, and police said they were hunting the house owner, identified as Susan Muya.[1]
In the second incident, a multi-agency team at the Kinna vehicle checkpoint in Garbatulla flagged down a Nissan X-Trail on the Isiolo-Modogoshe highway after an intelligence report that it was ferrying narcotics.[1] The driver sped off, and officers immobilised the car half a kilometre on; its two occupants escaped on foot.[1] Inside, officers found 44 bales of cannabis weighing 5 kg each, 220 kg in all, worth about KSh6 million, and impounded the car, registration KBQ 199X.[1]
The Eastleigh Voice account of the Isiolo interception says officers chased the X-Trail after a tip-off, deflated its tyres at Kambi Samaki, and found 220 kg believed to run from Moyale to Garissa.[2] It says the occupants fled and the car was registered to Ahmed Noor Amin, a businessman in Meru County.[2]
