This archive report was first published on 28 October 2019.
On Friday, police in Nairobi arrested a notorious drug dealer who had been operating in secrecy and impunity. The suspect, Hillary Wanjiku Wachira, was arrested along Limuru Road in Nairobi following a tip-off from members of the public.
According to police, Wachira has been selling drugs to slum dwellers and university students. He is one of the many traffickers in the country selling drugs with impunity.
Wachira is said to have been on the run since May this year, after he was previously arrested in May 2019 within Nairobi's Mathare area with heroin packages. He managed to escape from police custody under mysterious circumstances, leading to the issuance of a warrant of arrest against him.
During the arrest, Wachira led police to his house in Juja, Kiambu County, where his roommate, Caroline Nyambura Gituma, was arrested. Nyambura, a student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, was found in possession of more drugs.
“Wachira is a notorious drug dealer who operates in secrecy to avoid being detected by law enforcement officers. He is one of the many traffickers in the country selling drugs with impunity to slum dwellers and university students,” said a police source.
The two are set to be presented in court as further investigations continue.
