{"id":13187,"date":"2024-09-25T17:39:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=13187"},"modified":"2024-09-25T17:39:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:39:50","slug":"police-in-busia-nab-marijuana-being-transported-in-hearse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/police-in-busia-nab-marijuana-being-transported-in-hearse\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Busia nab marijuana being transported in hearse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Police manning a roadblock at Suo in Busia County have nabbed 12 sacks of marijuana being transported to Kisumu in a hearse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">According to a\u00a0statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the drug was nabbed at around 7 pm on Sunday, in a white Nissan van branded Rafiki Funeral Services-Othaya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;As the vehicles\u2019 driver hesitantly lowered his window and muttered some words after responding to the officer\u2019s greetings, the policeman detected some smell from inside the vehicle that was not related to human remains,&#8221; the statement read in part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">His fears were confirmed moments later when after conducting a search inside the vehicle together with his colleagues, they discovered 12 sacks of cannabis sativa arranged on the seats and floor of the van.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The driver of the hearse Hussein Otita, was arrested and the motor vehicle registration number KCV 402Y was impounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">On the same breath, police officers based at Korondile police station in Wajir, recovered 58 kilograms of marijuana being transported to Wajir town on a motorcycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-center mt-2 mb-2\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Two suspects, Osman Boru, 25, and Halkno Guchu, 24, were arrested and detained at Korondile police station pending arraignment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;Detectives from the Anti Narcotics Unit, have since taken over investigations into the two cases,&#8221; DCI stated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police manning a roadblock at Suo in Busia County have nabbed 12 sacks of marijuana being transported to Kisumu in a hearse. 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