An 88-year-old woman is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday, August 18 after she was found with rolls of bhang in her home located in Nyagara village, Ugunja in Siaya County.
A report seen by K24 Digital revealed that the woman identified as Teresia Anyango was found in possession of 15 rolls of bhang.
It further revealed that the woman who was described as notorious was selling the bhang to school-going students.
Police officers were tipped of Anyango’s activities by members of the public who had even threatened to end her life if action will not be taken.
This prompted the area police boss to form a multi-agency team who raided the home of the suspect and found her with the prohibited drugs.
“A multi-agency team from Ugunya Sub County proceeded to her home that is located in Nyagara village in Ngunya Sublocation conducted a search and found her in possession of 15 rolls of Cannabis sativa (Bhang),” the report read in part.
Police officers then frog-marched her to Ugunja Police Station where she was questioned but later released on a free bond.
Anyango is expected to be arraigned at the Ukwala Law Courts.
According to locals, the suspect had been severally been warned by locals to stop engaging in the business but she never listened to their advice.
Instead, she improvised new tricks to ensure that the drugs reach her targeted customers who are students at a local school.
Abraham Otieno, a local said that at some point village elders took issues with her and warned her but she ignored them.
“She had been warned severally not to engage in the business because selling of bhang is prohibited in the country and her customers are minors. However, she never listened and this prompted the locals to alert the police,” Otieno said.
