{"id":118016,"date":"2025-07-13T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/detectives-nab-man-with-cannabis-tsh5mn-in-jomvu\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:04:16","slug":"detectives-nab-man-with-cannabis-tsh5mn-in-jomvu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/detectives-nab-man-with-cannabis-tsh5mn-in-jomvu\/","title":{"rendered":"Detectives nab man with cannabis, TSh5mn in Jomvu"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 13 \u2014 A 54-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after anti-narcotics officers intercepted a matatu along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway and found him in possession of cannabis and over Sh5 million in Tanzanian currency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said detectives from the Mombasa Anti-Narcotics Unit, acting on a tip-off, stopped a Nissan matatu in the Jomvu area.<\/p>\n

Their search led to the arrest of Michael Chacha, whose luggage had aroused suspicion.<\/p>\n

In addition to the foreign currency which translates to about Sh250,000, locally, DCI officers discovered forty sachets of cannabis sativa and Sh4,960 in the Kenyan currency inside three bags.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intelligence-led operation was a timely disruption of drug trafficking efforts along one of the country\u2019s busiest transport corridors,\u201d DCI said on Sumday.<\/p>\n

The suspect was taken to the Port Police Station, where he will remain as investigators prepare charges related to drug possession and trafficking.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the case underscores the ongoing threat posed by cross-border narcotics operations, particularly along major highways.<\/p>\n

The arrest comes amid intensified crackdowns on drug trafficking networks across the coastal region.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 13 \u2014 A 54-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after anti-narcotics officers intercepted a matatu along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway and found him in possession of cannabis and over Sh5 million in Tanzanian currency. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said detectives from the Mombasa Anti-Narcotics Unit, acting on a […]<\/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-118016","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\/118016","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=118016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}