Detectives from DCI's Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) have arrested a 32-year-old suspect who was trafficking bhang worth Sh11,683,500 along Samburu-Kinango road.
In a statement by DCI on Saturday, July 20, the suspect, Elisha Omondi, was in the company of another suspect who escaped after the detectives ambushed them on the way.
"Acting on a tip-off, the detectives conducted an operation along Samburu-Kinango road where they laid an ambush at Mdomo centre, successfully intercepting a heavily laden Toyota Ipsum Reg. No. KBJ 679M.
"Realizing the magnitude of the trouble that lay ahead, the car driver jumped out and vanished into a nearby thicket. However, the co-driver and comrade in crime, Elisha Omondi, 32, wasn't so lucky, as he was cornered and arrested," DCI stated.
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A search conducted in the vehicle resulted in the recovery of the illegal drug, which was confiscated in gunny sacks.
"Search conducted in the vehicle revealed seven green gunny sacks containing long khaki rolls of marijuana weighing 389.45 kg with an estimated street value of Sh11,683,500," DCI added.
The suspect and the seized drug were taken into custody at Mombasa Urban Police Station. A search for the second suspect was launched.
"The detectives are pursuing the elusive suspect and it is just a matter of time before he is smoked out of his bolthole," DCI remarked.
