A mother of one who excavated a tunnel in her bedroom to hide bhang was sentenced to one year of community service.
Her spouse, who is on the run, was sentenced to two years in prison without the option of a fine.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi sentenced Amina Abdi Kiyo and her husband Francis Mwenda for drug trafficking.
The magistrate stated that the couple attempted to fool police, but they were beaten by the crime busters who exhumed the drugs from the floor of their four-bedroom house in Isiolo County.
The couple had been arrested from their Isiolo home after police discovered a hole inside their bedroom where they used to hide sucks of bhang.
The 2131 grams of bhang with a street value of Ksh 63,930 had been wrapped in a purple polythene bag.
Ochoi however extended Mercy to Amina saying that she had a one-year-old toddler in Court and that she has been in prison was sufficient to serve as deterrence.
For her husband, Mwenda who is on the run the magistrate sentenced him on his absentia and issued a warrant for his arrest.
“As for the first accused person who is still on the run, the Court ruled that the case will proceed in his absentia and it will also sentence him in his absentia. He will therefore serve two years in prison and a warrant of arrest is hereby issued against him” ruled the Court.
The couple was charged with trafficking 2131 grams of bhang valued at Ksh 63,930 on October 17,2019 at Mwangaza area in Isiolo county.
