Police have launched a manhunt after a consignment of bhang was recovered at a house in Kiganjo, Kiambu County.
In a statement on Friday, July 29, 2022, the bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh500,000 was impounded at a two-bedroom house belonging to one Samuel alias Sammy Boy at Ucekeine Mundoro area.
Police busted the illegal substance that was packaged in six sacks and 53 small polythene bags in an intelligence-led dawn operation.
“The dusk operation directed to a house linked to a suspect identified as Samuel alias Sammy Boy of Ucekeine Mundoro area where the haul of bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh500,000 was retrieved from the suspect’s two-bedroom house,” police said.
The suspect, who narrowly escaped police dragnet, is being sought to answer to drug trafficking charges.
“The National Police Service remains focussed in the war against drug and substance abuse and urges the public to support the gains through sensitization campaigns and sharing of prompt information,” NPS added.
SIX SACKS, 53 PACKAGES OF BHANG IMPOUNDED FROM A HOUSE IN KIGANJO
— National Police Service-Kenya (@NPSOfficial_KE) July 28, 2022
An intelligence-led operation conducted in Kiganjo, Kiambu county led to impounding of six sacks and 53 polythene packages of drug suspected to be bhang. pic.twitter.com/6vuPjTugtr
Police uproot bhang in Eldoret
The operation comes at a time police have intensified a crackdown on drug trafficking in the country.
Early this month, police uprooted over 100 cannabis sativa plants at a rental house in Eldoret town.
The bhang plants, the police said, weighed 33.5 kilograms with a street value of about Ksh1 million.
“A manhunt has been launched to arrest the main suspect namely Kipchumba Michael Kibet,” NPS added.
