Fourteen arrested as police destroy one-acre bhang crop worth Sh27m in Naivasha
A multi-agency police team found fourteen suspects weeding an over one-acre field of bhang at Kedong Ranch in Naivasha on 11 February 2021 and destroyed the crop, valued by the authorities at Sh27 million. The suspects were placed in custody pending investigation after a tip-off from members of the public.
🇰🇪 Kedong Ranch, Naivasha · Kenya
Arrested
14
Agencies
Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Administration Police
A multi-agency team of Anti-Narcotics detectives, Administration Police officers attached to the Kedong field training camp and the Naivasha sub-county police chief raided Kedong Ranch in Naivasha on Thursday 11 February 2021 after a tip-off from members of the public through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) toll-free line.[1][2]The team found fourteen suspects weeding an over one-acre field of bhang and arrested them.[1][3][2]
The officers put the plantation under surveillance and destroyed the crop, which the authorities valued at Sh27 million.[1][3]DCI director George Kinoti said the operation was conducted jointly with the Administration Police and the Anti-Narcotics department, that the suspects were found cultivating the bhang, and that they would be charged in court the following week.[3][2]The suspects were placed in police custody while investigations continued to bring all parties behind the illegal activity to book.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
14
Value (official estimate)
KES 27,000,000
Agencies
Directorate of Criminal Investigations; Administration Police
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