Coast drug cartels Stories

Kenyan national, three others indicted in US for allegedly arming Mexican drug cartel
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 11, 2025

The arms involved included machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, night vision equipment, sniper rifles, anti-personnel mines and anti-aircraft wea...

Italian national, accomplice arrested after police uncover cannabis farm, lab in Kwale County
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 04, 2025

Inside the compound, investigators discovered an assortment of laboratory equipment and various chemicals believed to be used in the processing and ma...

Police nab notorious drug trafficker carrying bhang on Mombasa highway
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 13, 2025

The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Michael Charles Chacha, was arrested while travelling in a public service vehicle.

Criminal networks exploiting instability to fuel global drug trade - UN
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 05, 2025

While cannabis remains the main drug sourced, trafficked and used in Africa, in the past decade, the document shows that the continent has been increa...

Detectives crack down on Coast drug cartels by targeting key logisticians and storekeepers
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 17, 2025

Authorities have urged the public to give information that could assist in identifying and dismantling the drug trafficking networks.

Notorious drug trafficker nabbed in sting operation on Lunga Lunga Highway
Farhiya Hussein  |  Apr 05, 2025

Authorities say the operation led to the seizure of 20 kilogrammes of high-grade bhang (Skank), estimated to be worth Sh1 million, which had been traf...

Another Kenyan woman arrested in India for smuggling cocaine worth Sh268 million
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 03, 2025

She admitted to knowing the bag contained illegal substances and disclosed that she had been recruited by a woman named Millicent in Nairobi.

DCI confirms discovery of Mexican cartel-linked drug lab in Namanga, says it was dismantled
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 19, 2025

The DCI emphasised that the criminal network had been effectively disrupted before it could commence production.

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