A man’s plan to ferry rolls of bhang to Nairobi hidden inside mobile phone boxes flopped in Busia, thanks to sharp intelligence work by detectives.
Acting on a tip-off that narcotic drugs were being transported to the capital, officers from the National Anti-Narcotics Investigations Bureau (NANIB) swung into action and intercepted Titus Okware, 25, just as he was about to board a Nairobi-bound bus.
His small bag looked harmless enough, but a search told a different story. Inside were seven mobile phone boxes, but not a single handset was found. Instead, the boxes were stuffed with 1,121 rolls of bhang.
The suspect was arrested on the spot and escorted to Busia Police Station, where he is being processed ahead of arraignment.
The recovered narcotics have been secured as exhibits.
