Police have arrested three suspects and recovered five sacks of bhang weighing 172 kilograms with a street value of Kes 5.2 million in Kuria West Sub County, Migori County.
According to Migori County Police Commander Francis Nguli, the police acted on intelligence from members of the public and waylaid two suspected smugglers.
On Wednesday, he said the smugglers were riding two Kenyan-registered motorbikes while ferrying bhang into the country from neighboring Tanzania through an illegal crossing.
He said the two riders ran into a homestead and concealed the bhang after learning police were pursuing them.
Further, police also arrested one of the two women found in the homestead for taking part in concealing the bhang.
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“Police managed to arrest one suspect as the other managed to escape,” he said.
The county police commander said they are pursuing the suspect who escaped the police trap.
Additionally, he urged the members of the public to support them in the fight.
“I want to warn cyclists not to be used by drug peddlers to ferry drugs from across the border,” he said.
