Moyale,
Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
McCreadie Andias
Twenty two (22) bales of Cannabis sativa (bhang) estimated on a street value of Ksh. 435,000 have been recovered from a Liban bus booking office in Moyale.
The bhang was stucked into four sacks of beans ready for smuggling into an unknown location.
Detectives based at Moyale Sub County received the tip from members of the public on a suspiciously looking man at the station in possession on the sacks.
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 authorization papers from KRA offices.
The content of the sacks were unraveled by the help of Police sniffer dogs with the four sacks were escorted to DCI Moyale offices where they were opened only to find out bales of bhang.
Efforts to trace and arrest the suspect who is still at large are ongoing, and the recovered cannabis sativa is being kept under lawful custody as exhibit.