Undercover detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) have intercepted a drug trafficker disguised as a normal passenger and recovered 1080 grams of cocaine.
The suspect, Bioma Alice Gbassay from Sierra Leone was arrested upon her arrival in Kenya en route to Mumbai.
“The suspect, Bioma Alice Gbassay from Sierra Leone, thought she could slip through security checks but our vigilant team of detectives caught her right in the act. Upon her arrival in Kenya en route to Mumbai, Bioma was escorted to the immigration offices where her luggage was picked up from the baggage hall and was taken to the Anti-narcotics office” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said in a statement.
After a meticulous search of her body and luggage, the detectives recovered suspected narcotic drugs hidden in various places.
“From her inner garments, a whitish substance wrapped with clear tape was recovered. Further, two slabs of dove soap concealing a suspicious powdery substance were also recovered in her luggage”
After being subjected to laboratory tests, the recovered substances turned out to be cocaine.
Similarly, law enforcement officers responded to a distress call from the manager of Promise Bus Services plying the Malaba-Nairobi route after he was informed of a passenger exhibiting suspicious behaviour aboard a bus registration number KBY 156K.
Upon arrival, the officers searched for a parcel belonging to Emmanuel Erony who had boarded the bus to Nairobi.
Inside the parcel, officers discovered 19 large stones of suspected narcotics wrapped in yellow cello tape.
Further investigation revealed that these stones contained cannabis sativa weighing 19,810 grams and with an estimated street value of Kshs 990,500.
Both suspects have been processed for arraignment.
