A joint team of officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ (DCI) Transnational Organized Crime Unit and Anti-Narcotics Unit, working with officers from Mutarakwa Police Post, has arrested a suspected drug trafficker and recovered a substantial quantity of suspected cannabis sativa.
Acting on credible intelligence, the officers conducted a sting operation along the Mai Mahiu–Nairobi Road at Mutarakwa Trading Centre in Limuru Sub-County.
They intercepted a dark blue Toyota Crown vehicle, registration number KCZ 797W, suspected of transporting narcotics.
The driver, Brian Thomas Wachika, was arrested on the spot. A quick search of the vehicle revealed four-and-a-half sacks containing green plant material believed to be cannabis sativa whose estimated street value is yet to be determined.
A second occupant in the vehicle fled the scene; efforts to apprehend him are ongoing. The suspect and recovered exhibits have been transported to DCI Headquarters for further processing and documentation.
He is expected to be arraigned in court. The DCI reaffirms its commitment to dismantling organized criminal networks and drug trafficking syndicates to ensure a safer Kenya for all.
