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Topic: Narcotics

Ruto's new anti-narcotics unit faces many hurdles in war against drugs

By Ndung’u Gachane   2026-01-03 15:33:09

President Ruto promised to strengthen the anti-narcotics unit, to give it an operational capacity comparable to the anti-terrorism police unit.

One arrested as Juja's NACADA crackdown nets Sh3 million narcotics haul

By Selina Mutua   2025-12-20 12:44:41

The detectives further seized transaction record books, exposing a sophisticated trade involving millions of shillings and mapping a wider network now under investigation.

Seven KDF officers arrested over Sh192m narcotics detained for 15 days

By Kelvin Karani   2025-12-11 17:49:05

The court has authorised, or reauthorised, the DCI to subject all seized electronics to cyber-forensic analysis.

KRA intercepts narcotics at JKIA in luggage from Bangkok

By Ronald Kipruto   2025-07-26 19:47:50

War on drugs: KRA officers seize at least 41 sachets of narcotics concealed in luggage from a Bangkok flight at JKIA, Nairobi.

How British drug lord Muhammad Asif Hafeez built global narcotics network with Kenya's Akasha brothers

By Benard Sanga   2025-06-23 12:01:07

Muhammad Asif Hafeez was jailed in the US for leading a global drug trafficking network that closely worked with Akasha brothers, whose empire crumbled after a DEA sting in Mombasa.