Kaloleni Law Court has sentenced a drug dealer to 50 years imprisonment for trafficking 6.7 kilograms of bhang worth an estimated Kes 201,300.
Appearing before Kaloleni Senior Resident Magistrate Leah Kisabuli, the suspect, Kalume Kitsau, confessed and pleaded guilty to trafficking 122 rolls of bhang weighing 6,710 grams.
In a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) , Kitsau was arrested on March 6, 2024 in Ngoloko area, Kilifi South Sub-County, by officers from Mtwapa Police Station who were alerted of his illegal trade by locals.
"According to Principal Prosecution Counsel Keya Ombele, upon conducting a search; the officers discovered a sack under the bed in which they found dry plant material rolls they suspected to be cannabis.”
A subsequent analysis by a government chemist confirmed that the recovered substance was, in fact, bhang.
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At the hearing, Kitsao confessed to selling the outlawed drug as a means of providing for his young family.
"Hon. Kisabuli in her ruling stated that the accused had been cautioned on the seriousness of the offence and hefty sentence before admitting the plea of guilty," said the ODPP.
