Suspected cocaine and heroin valued at Ksh3.7 million in street value was recovered in an operation conducted in parts of Mombasa and Kilifi Counties.
10 suspects from Mombasa, Kilifi and Lamu counties are being detained by the Anti-Narcotic Unit in different stations.
In a swoop conducted early Tuesday by a combined team of Anti-Narcotic Unit (ANU) and Transnational Organised Crime Unit (TOCU) detectives, 50 grams of cocaine and 1.15kgs of heroin were recovered.
A suspect Hussein Mansur Salim was apprehended in Mwandoni, Kisauni Sub county with approximately 50 grams of cocaine valued at KSh250,000.
Another suspect Ali Swaleh was also arrested at Stage ya Paka in Kisauni, with approximately 1kg of heroine, with a street value of Ksh3 million.
In Mtwapa, Kilifi county, Harrison Mwenda Kiambi was also netted in Maweni area with heroin weighing 150 grams, valued at Ksh450,000.
The three suspects are detained pending arraignment.
Lamu County
Meanwhile, approximately 928 grams of cocaine worth over Ksh3.7 million was seized in Lamu county.
The operation that was conducted in Lamu Central follows the heightened war against sale, distribution and consumption of illicit drugs around the country.
During the raids, several houses suspected to be illicit drugs hubs were targeted.
One of the targeted houses belonged to Muuna Omar Bori, where a weighing machine and 5 pellets weighing approximately 85 grams were recovered.
Similarly, in Mote Shamuni’s house, a clear polythene bag with cocaine weighing approximately 164 grams was seized. At Shamuni Mwalimu Shamuni’s residence another polythene bag about 354g of the crack was also recovered. Another raid at Fatma Mote Yusuf’s house led to the discovery of cocaine, weighing approximately 325 grams.
As a result of the raid, 7 suspects were apprehended.
The suspects include Nuura Omar Bori aged 34, Mote Mwalimu Shamuni, 41, Shamuni Mwalimu Shamuni aged 41, Omar Mohamed Omar 23, Mohamed Abdallah aged 35, 42 year old Fami Abdulrahman Mohamed and Fatma Mote Yusuf aged 40. All the suspects are detained pending arraignment.
Moyale
In the North Eastern part of the country, detectives based in Moyale Sub county on Monday recovered narcotic drugs hidden in sacks of beans that were destined to an unknown location.
Acting on information from the public, the detectives responded to a report of a suspicious person with four sacks of beans at Liban bus booking office.
“Upon arrival, they discovered that the sacks had been left unattended at the entrance of the said booking office, and the owner was nowhere to be found, as he was claimed to have gone for authorisation papers from KRA offices” read part of the statement.
To determine the contents of the sacks, the officers sought the assistance of a police sniffer dog, which identified presence of something suspicious inside the sacks.
The four sacks were escorted to DCI Moyale offices where they were opened, revealing 22 bales of bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh. 435,000.
Detectives are pursuing the suspect who is still at large and the recovered bhang remains under police custody.
