This archive report was first published on 11 July 2019.
On July 11, 2019, an 83-year-old woman, Lydia Mumbi Ndirangu, appeared before Nyeri Resident Magistrate Nelly Kariuki and pleaded guilty to being in possession of 600 grammes of marijuana worth Sh500 in Muthinga, Tetu constituency.
According to reports, this is the second drug trafficking case in Nyeri within a period of two months. In May, a middle-aged woman was sentenced to 30 years in jail for trafficking bhang worth Sh2,820 without an option of a fine.
The accused, Lydia Mumbi Ndirangu, will remain in police custody and appear in court on July 15, 2019, when the facts of the case will be read to her.
