- “A consignment of cannabis sativa worth over Sh11 million has been recovered today, following an intelligence led operation conducted by DCI sleuths augmented by their general duty counterparts in Kisii County”, DCI statement partly read.
A Director of Criminal Investigation report in the late hours of the night, Sunday ,October 15, 2023 on the official X account confirmed an interception of a Toyota Prado ferrying bhang worth a great amount of money to Kisii.
“A consignment of cannabis sativa worth over Sh11 million has been recovered today, following an intelligence led operation conducted by DCI sleuths augmented by their general duty counterparts in Kisii County”, the statement partly read.
The post further went on to confirm the time of recovery and the incidents afterwards.
“During the afternoon recovery, the officers who were on an active patrol had sighted a white Toyota Prado that was loaded with a suspicious consignment heading towards Kilgoris town.
The officers signaled the driver of the vehicle to stop but he defied the orders and sped off at breakneck speed and upon reaching Magena area, he made a quick U-turn back towards Kanyenye.”
The driver of the said Toyota Prado who on realization of being trailed, he opted to walk on foot leaving the car to the pursuers.
“When realized that he was being trailed by our men, he abandoned the vehicle within Metembe area and escaped on foot. The vehicle was towed to Kenyeye Police Station and a detailed search was conducted.”
The DCI interception realized that in the car were Six sacks and fifteen bales of leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa all weighing 379Kgs and recovered them.
The illegal consignment together with the vehicle were all placed in police custody pending further investigations.
