Three suspects, Victor Kung’u Wainaina, Broddus Wainaina Kung’u, and Dennis Matete, were arrested by a multi-agency security team in Nakuru on Friday over the cultivation of bhang on a quarter-acre plot.
A police report indicated that the plot of land had full-grown cannabis sativa plants that were ready for harvest and the uprooted and destroyed ones
have a street value of about Ksh.15 million.
The police report stated, “A multi agency security team led by Nakuru Anti-Narcotics sleuths, stormed into the compound and destroyed what would have been a bumper harvest for the owners.”
One of the suspects attempted to stop the operation by claiming to be a member of a Nakuru-based Community Based Organization (CBO) that is permitted to cultivate the plant.
He said, “How comes nyinyi hamjui, halafu mbona hakuna consultation? Hii ndio inanionyesha kuwa hii ni malicious, unajua mnaharibu mali ya CBO, it is quite unfair, we have planted fruits with them.”
Allegedly, the suspect produced a letter that was supposedly was drafted by the CBO.
Another suspect claimed, “It is my constitutional right,” he said, “hata naona sitaki hiyo polisi, I will run for the MCA seat.”
The trio will be held in police custody until they are arraigned in court.
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