{"id":115004,"date":"2025-05-14T07:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/8-suspects-arrested-in-kisii-as-nacada-seizes-134-drug-laced-brooms\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T07:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:03:13","slug":"8-suspects-arrested-in-kisii-as-nacada-seizes-134-drug-laced-brooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/8-suspects-arrested-in-kisii-as-nacada-seizes-134-drug-laced-brooms\/","title":{"rendered":"8 suspects arrested in Kisii as NACADA seizes 134 drug-laced brooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISII, Kenya, May 14 \u2013 Eight suspects have been arrested in Nyakongo, Kisii as the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) seized134 suspected drug-laced brooms. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the operation, the authoroty also seized two 90kg sacks of dried cannabis sativa.<\/p>\n<p>These operation follows the recent dismantling of a major drug distribution racket linked to a notorious drug baron in Kisii County just a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, in Oyugis, Homabay County, another operation resulted in the arrest of two individuals found in possession of suspected narcotics and contraband goods. <\/p>\n<p>Recovered during the raid were 400 packets of uncustomed Supermatch cigarettes, 14 packets of Oris cigarettes, and cash in various denominations all suspected to be proceeds from the illicit trade. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, one suspect was found in possession of what is believed to be cannabis sativa. <\/p>\n<p>The contraband cigarettes are thought to have been smuggled into the country without customs clearance, contravening revenue and trade regulations. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects are currently being held at Oyugis Police Station pending further investigation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISII, Kenya, May 14 \u2013 Eight suspects have been arrested in Nyakongo, Kisii as the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) seized134 suspected drug-laced brooms. During the operation, the authoroty also seized two 90kg sacks of dried cannabis sativa. These operation follows the recent dismantling of a major drug distribution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}