{"id":21281,"date":"2026-01-13T18:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/21281\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:21:16","slug":"two-arrested-as-nacada-police-conduct-drug-raid-in-ruiru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/21281\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested as NACADA, police conduct drug raid in Ruiru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1ac41940-6d21-4ce5-ae62-3ffbdb48a3e7.jpeg\" class=\"ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle\" style=\"max-width: 100%; width: 100%;\"\/> Items recovered during a raid in Kimbo, Ruiru, included suspected cannabis in polythene bags and sachets, a digital scale, packaging materials, uncustomed cigarettes, mobile phones, and Sh24,425 in cash. \/HANDOUT<\/p>\n<p>A multi-agency team led by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) on Tuesday carried out a drug operation in Kimbo, Ruiru, resulting in the seizure of suspected cannabis and the arrest of two people.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, conducted at 2:30 PM on January 13, 2026, involved NACADA investigators, the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) and Operations Unit from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters, and officers from Mugutha Police Station.<\/p>\n<p> Officials said the raid uncovered a suspected packaging and distribution point, yielding 26 black polythene bags containing rolled cannabis, 85 khaki sachets and 11 clear polythene packets of the dry greenish plant, alongside a digital weighing scale, packaging materials, uncustomed cigarettes, two mobile phones, and Sh24,425 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspects, aged 24 and 27, were arrested on site and taken to Muthaiga Police Station for processing ahead of their arraignment in court. <\/p>\n<p>This follows a similar raid in the Kimbo area in December, during which a suspect was arrested and charged in court in connection with alleged drug trafficking and a cannabis seizure valued at\u00a0 Sh3 million.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce5aef3e-f155-4a98-974c-e4199a253a4c.jpeg\" class=\"ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle\" style=\"max-width: 100%; width: 100%;\"\/> Items recovered during a raid in Kimbo, Ruiru, included suspected cannabis in polythene bags and sachets, a digital scale, packaging materials, uncustomed cigarettes, mobile phones, and Sh24,425 in cash. \/HANDOUT<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the operation, NACADA CEO Anthony Omerikwa said:\u00a0&#8220;This is the reinvigorated fight as directed by His Excellency, the President. We are not just chasing peddlers; we are systematically crushing the entire supply and distribution networks that poison our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is only a matter of time before these criminal enterprises fold, their operators become guests of the state facing prosecution, and their property is seized and forfeited,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Omerikwa emphasised the importance of sustained action in the area:\u00a0&#8220;The willingness of the Kimbo neighbourhood to support this renewed effort is commendable. Ridding our communities of this menace is a shared responsibility, and this partnership is yielding tangible results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NACADA said the recent operations in Ruiru reflect a heightened focus on both supply suppression and demand reduction, and vowed that similar enforcement actions would continue across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Items recovered during a raid in Kimbo, Ruiru, included suspected cannabis in polythene bags and sachets, a digital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80,351,352,98,100,353,101,350,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-21281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya","9":"tag-kenya-news","10":"tag-star","11":"tag-star-news","12":"tag-star-news-kenya","13":"tag-star-newspaper-kenya","14":"tag-the-star","15":"tag-the-star-kenya","16":"tag-the-star-newspaper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}