Police are holding two people who were found ferrying 30 kilograms of suspected marijuana, locally known as bhang, in a G4S vehicle in Busia.
In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said the lorry was being driven from Busia en route to Nairobi when officers from Nambale Police Station flagged it down at the station's gate.
A search in the vehicle belonging to a private security company which also offers courier services led to recovery of two boxes containing suspected bhang worth Ksh910,000.
"On 9/06/2023, Police Officers from Nambale Police Station flagged down a G4S lorry driven from Busia en route to Nairobi at the station's gate, and recovered two boxes containing 30 kgs and 50 rolls of suspected Marijuana, with a street value of Kshs 910,000," the statement read in part.
Two occupants of the vehicle identified as Omondi, 29, and Okech, 50, were immediately arrested and placed behind bars pending arraignment at the Busia Law Courts on Monday, June 12.
Bhang crackdown
Police have in recent years intensified a crackdown on the trade of narcotics in the country.
The woman's husband, who is on the run, was sentenced to serve two years imprisonment without an option of a fine.
Amina Abdi Kiyo and her husband Francis Mwenda were convicted of drug peddling by Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi.
The magistrate said the couple wanted to outwit police but they were beaten by the crime busters who exhumed the drugs from the floor of their four-bedroom house in Isiolo County.
Convicting the accused persons, magistrate Ochoi condemned the act saying drugs pose a great danger to the youth and society in general.
The magistrate noted that the couple should be at the forefront of protecting the children.
The couple had been arrested from their Isiolo home after police discovered a hole inside their bedroom where they use to hide the drug in a sack.
The 2,131 grams of bhang with a street value of Ksh63,930 had been wrapped in a purple polythene bag.By Wycliffe Nyamasege, K24 Digital
