Kilifi police detain man with 3,900 rolls of bhang worth Sh0.8m

A suspect seats next to some of the 3,900 rolls of bhang at the Mtwapa Police station. Police officers said the bhang was suspected to be on its way to Lamu. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

KILIFI: An unidentified man was arrested and 3,900 roles of bhang recovered at a construction house in Mtwapa Kilifi County in a 4.00am police raid.

Police estimate the drug is worth Sh800,000 and allege the suspect belongs to a cartel supplying narcotics to the area. Police also allege the drug could have entered Mombasa from Tanzania and was destined for Lamu where there is a ready market.