{"id":129017,"date":"2026-01-19T21:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/2-5-million-shillings-cannabis-seized-from-tanzania-bound-bus-at-namanga\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:02:42","slug":"2-5-million-shillings-cannabis-seized-from-tanzania-bound-bus-at-namanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/2-5-million-shillings-cannabis-seized-from-tanzania-bound-bus-at-namanga\/","title":{"rendered":"2.5 Million Shillings Cannabis Seized from Tanzania-Bound Bus at Namanga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 19 \u2013 Security agencies have seized 84 kilograms of cannabis worth an estimated KES 2.52 million from a Tanzania-registered bus at the Namanga border.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A statement on DCI social media accounts says the operation involved officers from the Anti-Narcotic Unit (ANU), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and the Police Dog Unit.<\/p>\n<p>The bus was stopped for inspection during a routine border check.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, sniffer dogs detected suspicious packages concealed within the vehicle\u2019s fuel chamber. Officers recovered four tightly wrapped bundles containing 84 packets of cannabis, weighing a total of 84 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old bus driver and the conductor, 25 \u2014both Tanzanian nationals\u2014were arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The DCI confirmed that the suspects are currently in custody pending processing and arraignment in court. The bus and the recovered narcotics have been detained as exhibits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interception underscores the government\u2019s commitment to combating cross-border drug trafficking through intelligence-led operations and coordinated multi-agency enforcement,\u201d the DCI stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 19 \u2013 Security agencies have seized 84 kilograms of cannabis worth an estimated KES 2.52 million from a Tanzania-registered bus at the Namanga border. A statement on DCI social media accounts says the operation involved officers from the Anti-Narcotic Unit (ANU), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and the Police [&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-129017","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\/129017","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=129017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}