Six suspects are being held in various police cells in Kisii and Homabay after they were found in possession with a consignment of drugs of addiction including cannabis sativa and contraband cigarettes yesterday.
The exercise, which was conducted by the national Police Service officers, National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug abuse (NACADA) and other stakeholders was carried in Kisii town and parts of Kasipul constituency leading to the arrests of the two suspects being held in Oyugis and 4 in Kisii police stations respectively.
Addressing the press separately in the two counties, Kisii County Police Commander, Ronald Kirui, and Rachuonyo South Criminal Investigations Officer, Daniel Muhuhi, said the suspects would be presented in court after the cannabis sativa was subjected to more investigations to ascertain its contents and value.
Kirui noted that during the operation at the main suspect Agnes Gesare's premises in Nyankongo, Kisii town, they found 134 brooms of bhang, and two bags of 90 kilogrammes of the unprocessed drug.
