Passenger nabbed at JKIA with 1,080 grammes of cocaine

Undercover detectives have arrested a female passenger at the JKIA and recovered 1,080 grams of cocaine from her.

The officers from the Anti-Narcotics Unit arrested the suspect who had disguised herself as a normal passenger from Sierra Leone.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations in a statement on Thursday said the suspect was to take a connecting flight from Kenya en route to Mumbai but was caught during security checks by the vigilant team of detectives.

“Upon her arrival in Kenya, she was escorted to the Immigration offices where her luggage was picked up from the baggage hall and was taken to the anti-narcotics office. After a meticulous search of her body and luggage, the detectives recovered suspected narcotic drugs hidden in various places,” the DCI said.

He said some of the haul - a whitish substance wrapped with clear tape – was found in her inner garments.

Two slabs of soap concealing a suspicious powdery substance were also recovered in her luggage, he added.

“After being subjected to laboratory tests, the recovered substances turned out to be cocaine,” DCI said.

In a separate incident, DCI revealed, a suspected bhang peddler was arrested following a tip-off from a passenger bus company manager plying the Malaba-Nairobi route.

He said the manager alerted the cops on noticing the passenger behaving in a suspicious manner.

According to the DCI, the passenger’s luggage was searched upon officers’ arrival. The suspect had boarded the bus to Nairobi.

“Inside the parcel, officers discovered 19 large stones of suspected narcotics wrapped in yellow cello tape. Further investigation revealed that these stones contained cannabis sativa weighing 19,810 grams and with an estimated street value of Sh990,500. Both suspects have been processed for arraignment.”