This archive report was first published on 16 December 2019.
On December 16, 2019, police in Ugenya, Siaya County, made a significant bust along the Siranga-Sega road, seizing bhang worth over Ksh. 1.5 million.
According to Ugenya Sub-County Police Commander Willy Simba, the seizure occurred after a Toyota Noah vehicle's driver attempted to evade police during a patrol.
The driver, who declined to stop, reversed the vehicle with the intention of escaping, but it became stuck in a maize plantation.
Realising the vehicle was immobile, the driver and another person abandoned the car and fled on foot.
Police officers who arrived at the scene recovered eight bags of bhang, valued at Ksh. 1.5 million, and took the vehicle and drugs to Ukwala Police Station.
