Coast Regional Coordinator demands weekly drug peddlers report

Locals in a procession along Moi Avenue in Mombasa during celebrations to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit trafficking. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Coast Regional Coordinator Benard Lemparamarai has ordered the police in areas prone to drugs to submit weekly reports of drug peddlers arrested and status of their cases.

The order was directed to Officer Commanding Stations and Assistant County Commissioners in Kisauni, Bombolulu, Bamburi, Kilifi, Watamu, Mnarani and Malindi after a public outcry that the police were protecting drug peddlers.