Two men who were arrested on Tuesday with seven kilogrammes of cocaine valued Sh30 million in Utawala will be arraigned on Wednesday. Peter Okoth Odongo alias Black and Bradley Juma alias Timmy were arrested in a sting operation following a tip-off on their deals.
Juma was arrested on a bus headed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday night. Police said the suspect was found ferrying narcotics concealed within his suitcase. Upon interrogation, the suspect volunteered information that led police to Okoth’s residence where they found more drugs. In March, a taxi driver was arrested ferrying bhang worth Sh2million in Embu West Sub-county.
Moses Kinyua was nabbed along Karurina-Majimbo road by officers from Itabua police station who were on patrol. The bhang was stashed in four sacks that were in the boot and the passengers’ seat of his Toyota Platz car ( KBC 806 V). Police said the consignment was being transported from Chuka to Mbeere South Sub-county.