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Police uproot bhang worth sh2milion from Kakamega forest

Kakamega OCPD Joseph Chebii (right) and DCC Dorcus Rono (left) set on fire bhang worth Sh2 million in Shinyalu. (Duncan Ocholla, Standard)

Police in Kakamega raided a bhang plantation in Kakamega Forest and uprooted hundreds of cannabis valued at Sh2 million. This was an effort by a team of regular police, Kenya Forestry Service and the community public.

Police later set ablaze the bhang as curious boda boda riders pleaded to be given some, claiming it had medicinal value. But their pleas fell on deaf ears.

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