{"id":145533,"date":"2026-07-02T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/two-arrested-200-kilograms-of-cannabis-recovered-in-malindi\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:03:52","slug":"two-arrested-200-kilograms-of-cannabis-recovered-in-malindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/two-arrested-200-kilograms-of-cannabis-recovered-in-malindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested, 200 kilograms of cannabis recovered in Malindi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>200 kilograms of cannabis with an estimated street value of KSh6M have been recovered in Malindi, Kilifi County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The narcotic was recovered during an intelligence-led operation conducted by officers drawn from the National Police Service (NPS) at Thalatha Meli area in Malindi Sub-County.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspects were arrested during the sting operation conducted at a residential house in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA thorough search of the premises led to the recovery of five gunny bags containing dry plant material suspected to be cannabis,\u201d says NPS in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two suspects were arrested and, together with the recovered exhibits, escorted to Malindi Police Station, where they remain in custody pending further investigations and subsequent arraignment in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NPS has lauded members of the public for providing timely information that has been critical in combating crime and is urging them to keep reporting suspicious activities to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/two-arrested-200-kilograms-of-cannabis-recovered-in-malindi\/\">Two arrested, 200 kilograms of cannabis recovered in Malindi<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200 kilograms of cannabis with an estimated street value of KSh6M have been recovered in Malindi, Kilifi County. The narcotic was recovered during an intelligence-led operation conducted by officers drawn from the National Police Service (NPS) at Thalatha Meli area in Malindi Sub-County. Two suspects were arrested during the sting operation conducted at a residential [&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-145533","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\/145533","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=145533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}