Lorry driver arrested as bhang worth Ksh.10M nabbed in Moyale

Police in Moyale, Marsabit County, have confiscated 500 kilograms of bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh.10 million believed to have been destined for Nairobi.

The controlled substance was found aboard a trailer along Kate area in Moyale by detectives who received word that the vehicle had been parked inside a thicket, away from prying eyes.

"Swinging into action, the law enforcers rushed to the location where a trailer loaded with 99 bales of the illicit drug estimated at a street value of Ksh.10M was intercepted and the cargo seized," the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a statement.

The DCI added that the trailer's driver, Charles Bosire, was also apprehended albeit after a gun battle allegedly ensued between police and two of his accomplices.

"Two suspected accomplices emerged riding on a motorcycle while firing frenziedly at the officers. In self-defense, the officers retaliated forcing the assailants to flee," said the DCI.  

Bosire was reportedly shot in the abdomen during the melee but has since been rushed to Moyale hospital for treatment.

"As he recuperates ahead of his arraignment for contravening anti-narcotic laws, the recoveries have been processed and secured as exhibits," said the DCI.