Cop arrested after losing his G3 rifle in Embakasi
The officer was on duty at JKIA landing zone
3mon agoCYRUS OMBATINews
A police officer was arrested in a multi/agency led operation on a shisha joint in Nairobi.
The team was responding to claims of drug and sex trafficking.
Astounding details emerged regarding the meticulously executed operation carried out by sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) and Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) leading to the bust of laced shisha drug den.
Police said the joint has been under the surveillance for sex and drug trafficking.
Recovered bullets at the joint/ HANDOUT Under the coordination of a multi-agency team the operation unfolded as the investigators descended upon the joint .
Upon gaining entry, law enforcement agents arrested a police officer who is the owner of the premises.
The officer was armed with an unlicensed CZ Pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition.
The raid also resulted in the seizure of 20 rounds of 7.62 by 39mm ammunitions, CZ Pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition, marijuana and Shisha Bongs suspected to be laced with drugs.
Prior intelligence received by the multi-agency team established that, underage sex trafficking and drug peddling occurs at the lounge with the police officer and his wife who was not present during the raid, being involved in the vice.
Further information indicated that the underage girls were of a neighbouring country trafficked from refugee camps.
Upon arrest, the officer was booked at Muthaiga police station awaiting arraignment before the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts.
Cases of drug trafficking and consumption are rampant in such joints, police say.