A police officer is among seven suspects who were arrested on Saturday in Tudor, Mombasa in connection with a drug syndicate.
The suspects were arrested with drugs which included 30 sachets of heroin,75 rolls of bhang and 10 rohypnol of blue tablets drugs (Bugiz).
Administration police officer Abdi Tullu Wako is currently being detained at Makupa Police station under occurrence book number 31/11/04/2015. Others arrested included Amir Murigi, Philip Omondi,Rufas Kazungu, Ahmed Majid, Douglas Gavuti and Ali Abdhallah.
The officer is attached to the Assistant county commissioner's office in Mombasa.
Mombasa county acting inspectorate director Charles Karisa Changawa, said that they had received information from members of the public on police officers allegedly colluding with drug-traffickers.
" The officers who are accused of colluding and protecting drug-traffickers are wanted in the entire county,” Karisa said
Last Week Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and area MP Abdhulswamad Nassir ordered a dawn raid at old town-Kibokoni. Several suspects were arrested while machetes, illegal drugs and
an assortment of crude weapons were also recovered.
A police source told The Star that an independent body might be established from headquarters to investigate police conduct in Mombasa.
The source said many officers could be arrested and charged for participating in drug trafficking. He claimed that some private cars belonging to police officers in Mombasa are being used to transport drugs within the region as well as other parts of the country.
Mombasa county commissioner Nelson Marwa had confirmed during a press conference in January that some police vehicles are being used to escort cars transporting drugs.
"The cars have been escorting vehicles at around 2am ,among those being escorted includes trucks and probox cars,"he said.