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Notorious Mombasa bhang dealer nabbed

By Hudson Gumbihi | Apr. 30, 2026
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Rolls of bhang stuffed in a sack were seized by police in Webuye town.[Juliet Omelo, Standard]

Police in Mombasa have arrested a man they say is a notorious drug trafficker who has been evading their dragnet for a long time.

Detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU), alongside officers from the Shelly Beach Police Station, apprehended the suspect, seizing 170 kilograms of bhang in the process.

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