Officers impound Sh1.7m bhang disguised as dried fish in Mombasa
The sustained war on drugs and illicit alcohol is at an all-time high in Mombasa with security agencies working round-the-clock to tackle the menace.
Speaking at Makupa Police Station where officers had nabbed 3,500 brooms of bhang transported through courier services disguised as dried fish, Mvita Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Ronald Mwiwawi said it was through the cooperation of vigilant citizens and security apparatus that the war against the vice of drug and substance peddling will be won.
Mwiwawi added that transport companies should exercise due diligence to ensure they do proper probing of the products they transport to avert the possibility of enabling the movement of drugs and other illicit goods.
“We are making efforts to develop a close relationship with transport companies and citizenry to ensure we come up with swift information-sharing mechanisms that will guarantee no drugs reach our county,” said Mwiwawi.
The DCC said the consignment with a street value of Sh1.75 million came from far-flung areas with Mombasa being the final destination.
He said the government will implement strict measures that will curtail the flow of drugs and illicit goods from other areas from entering the Port city.
“Most of these drugs come from outside the county and as government, we have begun putting up measures including setting up roadblocks to halt the movement of drugs and illicit substances into our county,” Mwiwawi added.
On his part, Mvita Sub-County Police Commander Maxwell Agoro said a multi-agency approach in tackling the drug menace has gone a long way in taming the vice, particularly in Mvita sub-county.
Agoro added that operations and raids are conducted daily and so far, they have contained the situation to a big extent scuffling drug and substance peddling in the sub-county.
