Police in Juja, Kiambu County have arrested a youthful man who was on Friday afternoon caught in possession of 700 kilograms of bhang worth Sh4 million.
Martin Mungai, 28, was apprehended at his home in Mwereri area in Juja Sub-County by a contingent of police officers, who were alerted by residents that the suspect dealt in bhang business.
“Upon searching his house, the officers managed to recover approximately 700 kilograms of cannabis sativa (bhang) whose street value is Sh4 million,” says a police report filed at the Juja Farm police post on Friday evening under the OB Number 06/25/9/2020.
Police claim Mungai has been a bhang farmer, and that on the day of the raid, “23 trees of cannabis sativa plant were discovered in his compound”.
Also arrested alongside Mungai were his suspected accomplices, including Henry Shakira, 40 and Musa Abdi, 18. The two are believed to be employees of Mungai, police said.
Authorities claim that two other persons linked to the illegal bhang trade arrived at the scene during the raid and attempted to bribe the OCS of Juja police post, Abiel Mwarania, with Sh689,000. The two alleged bribe-givers have been identified as 29-year-old Abdi Matayo and 27-year-old Brian Mwanzia.
“The money (Sh689,000) has been recovered and kept as exhibit,” police said.
The five, Mungai (the main suspect), Shakira, Musa, Matayo and Mwanzia were taken into lawful custody at the Juja Police Station.
“They will appear in court on Monday, September 28,” the report filed at Juja Farm police post indicates.
