NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 21 – A 26-year-old woman has been arrested after police allegedly discovered bhang concealed inside a loaf of bread she had taken to a detained boyfriend at Buruburu Police Station.

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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said officers manning the station’s report office became suspicious after the package containing the bread was presented to them.

According to the DCI, the woman, identified as Bernice Achieng, had visited her boyfriend, who is being held at the station, and asked officers to deliver the loaf to him.

A search of the unsealed package allegedly uncovered five rolls of bhang and a matchbox hidden inside the loaf.

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Police subsequently searched Achieng’s jacket and allegedly recovered seven more rolls of bhang, bringing the total number of rolls recovered from her to 12.

The DCI said Achieng remains in custody, with the recovered items secured as exhibits, and is expected to be arraigned.

In a separate incident in Thika, police arrested a suspected drug peddler after a motorcycle chase ended in a crash in Kairi, Thika West.

The DCI identified the suspect as John Mwangi, alias “Bombay”, and said officers recovered more than 300 rolls of bhang from his motorcycle.

According to the police, Mwangi and a female pillion passenger were travelling on a motorcycle when they encountered a police roadblock.

The two allegedly attempted to evade the officers by speeding away.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya