A multi-agency team, drawn from the Anti-Narcotic Unit (ANU), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and the Police Dog Unit, have brought a cross-border drug run to an abrupt halt after intercepting a Kenya-bound bus from Tanzania loaded with cannabis cargo valued at approximately KES 2,520,000.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the bus, registration no. T372 DWL, operating under Kidia One Express, was flagged down at the Namanga one-stop border post for what its crew thought was a routine roadside check.
“Little did they know that the law was already sniffing trouble. Highly trained sniffer dogs quickly went to work, nose-deep in business, and homed in on suspicious packages hidden at the bus’s fuel chamber,” the DCI said.
The officers recovered four tightly wrapped bundles containing 84 packets of cannabis, weighing 84 kilograms.
The driver, 37-year-old George Ngoba, and his 25-year-old conductor, Trisha Lucas, both Tanzanian nationals, were arrested on the spot.
The duo is currently in custody, undergoing processing pending arraignment. Meanwhile, the bus and the recovered narcotics are being detained as exhibits.
