Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday apprehended drug swindlers who are believed to have been making weed cookies and selling them to children.
In a shocking arrest in the Kimbo area of Kiambu, detectives apprehended two female suspects believed to be the masterminds behind the operation. However, a third suspect escaped from the officers during the operations.
”A collaborative effort by detectives from the Anti-narcotics Unit, along with their colleagues from the Operations Directorate, has led to two arrests and the seizure of narcotic drugs in the Kimbo area of Kiambu County today,” DCI stated.
The officers also nabbed an electric oven which the two used to bake the cookies for selling to addicts and children in the area.
Drugs and money confiscated following an operation in Kenya.
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Additionally, the officers recovered a digital weighing scale and several rolls of illicit products, which the suspects allegedly used to facilitate their operations.
”During the operations in the Backstreet area, the detectives first raided a residence, recovering dried green plant material, multiple rolls of cannabis, weed cookies stored in clear buckets, a digital weighing scale, and an electric oven used for baking cookies. The individual residing in the house managed to escape arrest,” it added.
”In the second location, which also functions as a shop, detectives apprehended 38-year-old Pauline Wanjiru Njeri and 35-year-old Monica Wangare. They seized several packaged rolls of cannabis sativa and items believed to be proceeds of the illicit trade in drugs,” DCI shared.
The DCI, as a result, urged parents to remain vigilant cautioning that children are increasingly falling victim to a new trend where weed cookies are sold to them without their parents’ knowledge.
In 2023, NACADA issued a warning about 20 new samples of an unknown substance they had analysed, revealing that the drug was a dangerous mixture of several other narcotics.
In September last year, the authority warned that social media was being used to promote new drug repackaging trends.
The Authority revealed that such content posed a threat to the fight against alcohol and drug abuse while undermining the efforts to protect vulnerable groups, especially children, from these harmful influences.
”NACADA implores influencers and content creators against using their platforms to normalize or glorify drug use,” the Authority announced.
”The Authority reminds the public that promoting drugs and substance use through social media is not only irresponsible but is also a violation of the law.”
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