Police in Moyale have seized 500 kg of bhang and arrested one suspect in connection to the crime.
In a statement on Friday, August 4, 2023, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the arrest followed a tip-off from the public.
"The operation was launched after police received intelligence information that a lorry had been spotted at a thicket at Kate in Moyale while loaded with a suspicious consignment. Swinging into action, the law enforcers rushed to the location where a trailer loaded with 99 bales of the illicit drug estimated at a street value of Ksh10 million was intercepted and the cargo seized," the statement read in part.
The driver of the truck, Charles Bosire, was arrested amidst a fierce battle between the police and two suspected accomplices who emerged riding on a motorcycle while firing at the police officers.
"In self defense, the officers retaliated forcing the assailants to flee. In the melee, the suspect sustained a gunshot wound in his abdomen and was rushed to Moyale Hospital for treatment," the statement added.
The driver will remain in police custody while he receives treatment awaiting arraignment in court.
