{"id":129687,"date":"2026-01-28T07:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/2-arrested-as-kilifi-officers-recover-large-cannabis-consignment\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:03:05","slug":"2-arrested-as-kilifi-officers-recover-large-cannabis-consignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/2-arrested-as-kilifi-officers-recover-large-cannabis-consignment\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested as Kilifi officers recover large cannabis consignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 28 \u2014 Police in Kilifi County have recovered a consignment of suspected narcotics and arrested two individuals following an operation in Langobaya.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Police Service (NPS) said officers from Langobaya Police Station, acting on a tip-off from members of the public, conducted the operation on January 27, 2026, in Chakama Township, Langobaya Division.<\/p>\n<p>During the raid, officers searched a local shop and recovered 220 rolls and approximately nine kilograms of suspected cannabis sativa concealed inside a steel box, along with other items.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/12\/700-member-dci-unit-drug-alcohol-crackdown-2026\/\">New DCI unit to target drug barons under Ruto\u2019s 2026 security plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two suspects were arrested at the scene and are currently in police custody pending arraignment in court, where they are expected to face relevant narcotics charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recovered exhibits have been secured at the same police station,\u201d the NPS said.<\/p>\n<p>The National Police Service commended members of the public for their cooperation and reaffirmed its commitment to combating the trafficking and abuse of narcotics in the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 28 \u2014 Police in Kilifi County have recovered a consignment of suspected narcotics and arrested two individuals following an operation in Langobaya. The National Police Service (NPS) said officers from Langobaya Police Station, acting on a tip-off from members of the public, conducted the operation on January 27, 2026, in Chakama Township, [&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-129687","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\/129687","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=129687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}