3 suspects arrested, 950kg of bhang hidden inside bags of maize from Uganda seized
The suspects said they were transporting maize from Uganda to Voi but police find a tonne of bhang hidden inside bags of maize upon search.
Army Major, junior officer arrested over suspected drug trafficking
Senior military officer and his junior driver were arrested at a roadblock in Moyale after a bhang consignment was found in their vehicle.
How SMS text to drug dealer landed senior detective in trouble
Likoni DCI senior detectective, Charles Okoth Onyango, was arrested at Soko Mjinga in Mtongwe by anti-graft officers.
Kenyan woman arrested in India for heading drug cartel
A Kenyan woman, Mariam Mweke, whom police in India accuse of running a drug cartel has been arrested in Mumbai. Delhi police said they flushed Mweke, 36, out of her hideout in Nalasoplala area of Mumbai after a seven-month hunt. According to the Times of India, Mweke, had also been on the run from the police […]
Chinedu’s ex-wife, Joyce Akinyi, charged with trafficking Sh5m heroin
Controversial Nairobi businesswoman Joyce Akinyi has been charged with trafficking narcotics worth Sh5 million. Ms Akinyi came to the limelight after being involved in public spats with her estranged husband Nigerian trader Antony Chinedu. She was charged alongside a Kenyan and a Congolese man for allegedly trafficking heroin valued at Sh5,588,580. Ms Akinyi, Ms Peris […]
Wife of Mombasa tycoon and suspected drug trafficker Punjani arrested in Nyali
The wife of suspected drug trafficker Punjani, Ms Karki Sushmija, has been arrested in Mombasa. The Nepalese woman was arrested on Tuesday alongside her cousin Shiva Bashyala and Mr Ram Manoj, an Indian national. Detectives raided their Nyali home on Monday have been combing through the house as police intensify crackdown on Coast drug cartels. […]
PHOTOS: Police raid tycoon Punjani’s home in drugs crackdown
A team of officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), anti-narcotics and regular police units yesterday raided Mombasa tycoon Ali Punjani’s house in Nyali Kenol in a renewed crackdown against drugs abuse and trafficking at the Coast. Detectives gained access into his house shortly after 10am on Monday and went over the house with […]