An elderly woman from Shivembe village, Musembe sub location in Lugari Sub County
is in police custody in connection with growing Marijuana.
Confirming the incident Musembe sub location assistant chief Mr. Richard Etale with help of nyumba Kumi and community policing officers from his administration area ambushed Mrs. Elizabeth Bunoro Shivonje at her home and arrested her with several rolls of bhang.
He said apart from the rolls nabbed in her house they also destroyed hundreds of marijuana stems growing on a section of a vegetable plantation, estimated to attract thousands of shillings.
“Acting on a tip-off from members of the public, I led my team to raid Mrs. Bunoro’s compound where we found 12 rolls of bhang, one packet of outlawed super match cigarette (export) and uprooted several stems of cannabis which had been planted together with vegetables near her house,” explained Etale.
The woman was taken to Lumakanda police station as police officers concluded investigations into the matter before arraigning her in Eldoret Law Court.
Mr. Etale has issued a stern warning against selling and consuming outlawed drugs in his area of administration and vowed to beef up the crackdown against the vice.