This archive report was first published on 12 August 2019.
Published on August 12, 2019, a police officer commanding station (OCS) in Lamu has been arrested over a drug-related case.
The OCS, attached to the Kizingitini Police Station in Lamu, was arrested following the release of a drug consignment from his station recently, according to County police commander Mr Muchangi Kioi.
Mr Kioi confirmed the arrest, stating that it follows the release of the drug consignment, which had just been nabbed at the Mtangawanda Jetty in Lamu East on Sunday morning.
It is alleged that the officers at the police station demanded a Sh50,000 bribe to cover up and release the drug consignment.
The drug haul is said to be a huge consignment of bhang, with a street value worth hundreds of thousands.
According to sources, the released suspect, identified as Mr Swabri, was taking the drugs to a Mr Mohammed, with the officers now failing to give proper account on how the suspect and his drug haul disappeared from their custody.
Mr Kioi also stated that two other officers will be arrested.
"We will jeopardise our investigation if we share more information on this. We are just putting things straight," he said.
The arrest comes just a few hours after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i renewed the war against drug trafficking at the Coast, which he said was responsible for the increase of killer gangs terrorising the residents.
Dr Matiang'i warned that dealing with drug traffickers would be "painful".
"I do not doubt that it is going to be painful, but we are prepared to start this journey," the CS said after a three-hour meeting with security and political leaders in Mombasa.
