Suspected drug dealer arrested, narcotics confiscated in Gem

A middle-aged man is being held at Yala police station in Gem after he was arrested for being in possession of assorted narcotics.

The man identified as Godfery Otieno Nyang’or was arrested by officers who raided his home at Gamba village, Siaya County.

During the raid, the officers found him in possession of 4 litres of chang'aa, two brooms of cannabis sativa, 360 rolls of bhang, 20 packets of export cigarettes, 5 sachets of second general alcohol simba waragi, 8 packets of solid beer Kuber, 500 pieces of rolling rizla, and 19 bottles of 500 ml of petrol.

While confirming his arrest, Siaya County Police Commander Cleti Kimaiyo stated that he is in police custody waiting to appear before Siaya law court on Monday.

Elsewhere in Ugunja sub-county, officers from Ugunja police station managed to confiscate 181 rolls of bhang and a motorcycle after the owner escaped.

The items were recovered around the Savannah area by Ugunja sub-county commander and his team while he was heading to Ugunja town from Ambira and on reaching at Savannah area they intercepted a motorcycle carrying a small metal box.

Kimaiyo says that the rider of the said motorcycle ran away on seeing the police, before the officers opened the metal box only to find 181 rolls of bhang inside it.

He confirmed the incident, saying that the items were taken to Ugunja police station where they were kept as exhibits as a search began to arrest and prosecute the owner of the motorcycle.