Police in Zombo District arrested Patrick Odongo of Aciro village, Pakia Parish, Warr Sub-County, on Friday 14 August 2026 in a joint operation led by district police commander SP Job Mutegeki, local leaders and residents.[1][2]

The arrest followed public anger after Odongo allegedly cut a pipe on the Can Koba gravitational water scheme on 10 August, cutting off 146 households.[1][2] Officers and community members uprooted fresh marijuana plants from his garden and found dried cannabis in his house; police said he had cultivated and sold the drug for a long time.[1][2] He was held at Warr Police Post while investigations continued.[1]

Mutegeki said officers had gone to answer the water-pipe sabotage and discovered narcotics during the search; he warned that cultivation and sale of prohibited drugs would be pursued across the district.[2] Village chair Albert Onyay said Odongo refused to repair the line after cutting it because he did not want the pipe passing through his compound.[1][2]