Sleuths based in Isiolo have arrested a colleague along the Isiolo-Moyale highway after he was in possession of bhang estimated to be worth Ksh150,000, which was hidden in a private vehicle.
According to the detectives the police constable from the Diplomatic Police Unit, who is attached to the Ugandan Embassy in Nairobi, was in the company of his five-year-old son when a multi-agency security team manning a roadblock intercepted him near Merti junction around midnight.
The five kilos of bhang discovered by the detectives with the help of their sniffer dogs were stashed in the Toyota Vitz’s dashboard.
The officer was in possession of a Ceska pistol loaded with 14 rounds of ammunition, a police report indicated.
Isiolo County Police Commander Joseph Kigen said the suspect is being detained at Isiolo Police Station awaiting arraignment on Monday.
“He will be arraigned on Monday and charged with drug trafficking,” Mr Kigen said.
