Four suspects including three foreign nationals were arrested in an operation on suspected drug traffickers and peddlers on Saturday.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations in a statement said the suspects were apprehended by Anti-Narcotics and Transnational Organized Crimes detectives.
One of the suspects, a foreign national, was found with concealed pellets of a brown powdery substance in his house at Nasra Estate.
He was taken into custody by the Anti-Narcotics Unit and transported to Muthaiga Police Station."
The second suspect, a 25-year-old Kenyan, was arrested in Ruaraka and taken to the DCI's Mazingira Complex for questioning.
Detectives discovered similar substances hidden under the mats of his vehicle during a routine stop-and-search operation in Ruaka town."
"In a separate intelligence-led operation in Nairobi CBD, two other foreign nationals were cornered and escorted to their residence in Kasarani," DCI said.
"On searching the house, suspected bhang and a package of brown powdery substance were found and seized," the DCI added
The two were also taken to Muthaiga Police Station pending testing of the drugs and possible prosecution for use and peddling.
The DCI said the operation which extends to all counties is aimed at fighting drug trafficking and peddling from the grassroot with the police firmly enforcing anti-narcotic laws.
This comes even as The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) called for double efforts in combating the global drug issue.
According to Nacada, the emergence of new psychoactive substances, synthetic drugs, and the increasing trend towards non-medical usage of narcotic and psychotropic substances have exacerbated the complexity of the drug issue.
"The potency of the emergent substances presents serious security and health issues - a situation if left unaddressed has the potential to reverse all hard-earned social-economic and political gains," Nacada chairperson Stephen Mairori said.
The chairman of the board emphasized the importance of achieving a balance between supply and demand reduction efforts at the national level, highlighting their mutually reinforcing nature.
He also stressed the need for supply reduction interventions to be dynamic, flexible, and innovative in order to effectively address evolving trends in the production, sale, and trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic substances.
