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Gachagua to visit injured OCS in hospital after attack during illicit alcohol raid

Officer Commanding Juja Police station Juja Police station.

By Mary Wambui | 02 Apr 2024

The Juja OCS John Misoi is nursing arrow wounds after an operation targeting illicit liquor and drug dens turned violent leaving him with serious injuries.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is on Tuesday morning expected to visit the Officer Commanding Juja Police station at Avenue Hospital in Thika where he is recuperating following an attack on Sunday night.

The officer by the name John Misoi is nursing arrow wounds after an operation targeting illicit liquor and drug dens turned violent leaving him with serious injuries.

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Kiambu County Police Commander Michael Muchiri said that Misoi had led a team of officers in raiding a notorious illicit liquor and bhang den in Gachororo village in the sub-county as part of the ongoing Nationwide crackdown on the sale of illicit alcohol and drugs that began last month.

"He sustained a wound to his right leg, where an arrow lodged in his knee. Immediate medical attention was sought, and Misoi underwent surgery to remove the projectile," the county police boss said.

Manhunt launch

Police have since launched a manhunt for his attackers.

The incident which has been widely condemned by locals and area leaders happened weeks after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki called on officers to ensure their safety to avoid falling victim to ruthless fightbacks by drug peddlers and their masters.

Kindiki directed each county to come up with an operational order to guide how officers handle the crackdown for their safety.

"I have asked each county to develop an operational order that will not allow officers to venture out alone while dealing with drug peddlers and traffickers because we have had one or two unpleasant incidents where the relevant counties had not finalised the operational orders which include the standard operating procedures of how to carry out these operations to make sure they are successful, our officers are not injured and to ensure that we destroy not only the alcohol and drugs but also the capacity for their manufacture going forward," Kindiki said last month.

The crackdown follows the listing of the sale of illicit substances among leading national security threats.