Kisii: Suspected drug trafficker abandons car during high-speed police chase

According to a police report, the driver of the vehicle, a Nissan X-Trail, was speeding towards the Kisiii town general direction when officers from Gesonso Police Station and DCI from Kisii South flagged him down.

The driver, together with his co-driver, slowed down before suddenly speeding off. This prompted the officers to contact their colleagues who mounted a roadblock.

The escaping driver ran over the erected spikes and made a u-turn towards Migori general direction, only for the front tyre of the vehicle to deflate.

Police say the occupants of the vehicle took off, abandoning the vehicle with the engine running. 

Upon inspection, police found four sacks of bhang in the vehicle. They towed it to Gesonso Police Station as investigations commence.

The incident comes two days after police officers on the same route nabbed a Toyota Land Cruiser ferrying bhang towards Migori.

One occupant of the vehicle was arrested as the driver escaped into a thicket after he lost control of the vehicle and landed in a ditch.