Two suspects Guracha Qalla Halake aka Blacky a driver and Baraqo Denge Huqa arrested with bhang worth KSh 8.85M in Sololo Marsabit County. Photo: Damaqa Ordofayo Facebook.
Police in Marsabit County arrested two suspects with 295kg of bhang with an estimated value of KSh 8, 850,000 along Ambalo road in Sololo Sub-County, on June Saturday, 14.
The two Guracha Qalla Halake aka Blacky a driver, and Baraqo Denge Huqa, were arrested with a white Land Cruiser registered under number plate KAV 322M, which was confirmed by Sololo Sub-County Police Commander Joseph Nthiga.
According to Nthiga, the two were nabbed shipping 75 bales of bhang, at around 6am in the morning, from intelligence reports they received from the residents of Ambalo, which led to successful tracking and arrest by the police officers, as well as officers from National Police Reservists (NPR).
“Today together with National Police reserve, we successfully managed to arrest two suspects Guracha Q,alla Halake aka Blacky a driver and Baraqo Denge Huqa transporting 75 bales of bhang of about 295kgs an an estimated market value of KSh 8,850,000 million, at Ambalo road in a white Land Cruiser at around 0600hrs. The arrest was success following intelligent reports from residents, and the follow up by both the police and NPR officers who swiftly arrived at the scene,” Nthiga confirmed.
The arrest come after a joint effort by NPR and the police arrested one man and nabbed bhang worth KSh 10.5 million in Elbor Ward, in Moyale Constituency on June, Monday 2. The suspect Sarr Guyo, a 27-year-old, had carried 12 sacks, with each sack containing six packs each, a total of 72 bales.
NPR tried stopping the vehicle, but the driver sped off, with one passenger on board, firing in the air, but the officers managed to arrest Guyo, who had sustained a thigh gunshot, following the incident, as his colleague managed to escape through the thickets.
With the continued influx of drugs in the county, Fredrick Ochieng’, a drug and substance abuse activist in Marsabit, called on parents to join hands with the teachers to fight the increasing use of drug and substance abuse among students in schools across the county.
Ochieng’ said that the efforts are not a one man show, but requires the collaborative efforts of both parents, teachers and activists to fight the rapidly increasing menace in the schools.
