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Ex-presidential hopeful Jaffer Isaak arrested with Sh13m bhang

Businessman Jaffer Isaak Sora in a past picture: He has been arrested transporting bhang suspected to be from Ethiopia. [File, Standard]

Former presidential aspirant Jaffer Isaak Sora was Wednesday arrested in Marsabit town after police found 445 kilograms of bhang worth Sh13.3 million in his vehicle.

Sora, who contested the presidency in 2013, was nabbed at a roadblock near Marsabit town driving a Toyota Prado Landcruiser that was towing a trailer carrying the drugs, police said.

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