Police in Migori on Thursday uprooted Sh15 million bhang planted on 1.5 acres along the border with Tanzania.
Acting on a
tip-off, they traced the farm in the remote Buembu village and found the crop that was ready for harvest.
When Administration Police Commander Julius Mukanda led officers to the farm, some suspects escaped on foot to Tanzania.
One of them, a relative of a notorious drug kingpin, was arrested and is helping police with investigations.
“We found the suspects harvesting the drug. They had already packed 20 sacks,” Mukanda said.
Police uprooted the plants and took them to Migori police headquarters for destruction.
“We have intelligence reports that bhang smugglers have shifted from Tanzania and are now planting bhang in villages near the Kenyan border,” Mukanda said.
He said the suspect in custody will help police track smugglers in Nairobi and Mombasa, where the drugs were destined.
Police have contacted their
counterparts in Tanzania to help arrest the suspects who fled.
