Drug trafficking Stories
The Somali Federal Government has in recent years intensified its campaign against narcotics trafficking, warning that the spread of illegal drugs is...
The arrests are part of a broader security offensive across the coastal strip aimed at curbing violent crime, gang activity, and drug-related offences...
The arms involved included machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, night vision equipment, sniper rifles, anti-personnel mines and anti-aircraft wea...
Inside the compound, investigators discovered an assortment of laboratory equipment and various chemicals believed to be used in the processing and ma...
The ruling, delivered on Thursday, follows legal reforms in Vietnam that removed automatic death penalties for certain crimes, including drug traffick...
CS Murkomen said the new strategy is aimed at making the illegal alcohol and drug trade more difficult to sustain, while also creating a pool of funds...
Going forward, the sale of alcohol and cigarettes at events where children are present, including sports and entertainment events, art and music compe...
The policy reinforces their role in public awareness campaigns, community-based prevention initiatives and identification of at-risk individuals and a...
UN statistics show that from 2020 to 2023, there were more than 200,000 detected victims globally, which is just the tip of the iceberg.
The training is being conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Otse, Botswana.
The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Michael Charles Chacha, was arrested while travelling in a public service vehicle.
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...
Kenya and Uganda, along with Eswatini, Malawi, and Tanzania, have been identified as major sources of cannabis in the region.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), her uneasy demeanour during a routine screening prompted officers to conduct a more tho...
The contraband was found hidden inside two bottles of moisturising lotion found in her luggage following an intelligence tip-off. Liquid cocaine close...
Authorities have urged the public to give information that could assist in identifying and dismantling the drug trafficking networks.
Abdul, who served as deputy speaker in a previous Afghan government, was arrested at a hotel in Nairobi on April 14, after allegedly travelling to Ken...
Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations raided a suspected stash house and recovered bhang with an estimated street value of Sh12 mil...
The exercise saw the disposal of 3,987 kilogrammes of cannabis, alongside 25 sachets of cocaine that weighed 287 grams. The event marked a key step in...
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...
Mudavadi said while the government is engaging Vietnam in discussions for Nduta’s release, there is no certainty regarding the outcome.
Nduta, who hails from Murang’a, made headlines two years ago when she was arrested in July 2023 and charged with trafficking two kilogrammes of cocain...
Nduta was convicted on March 6 for trafficking two kilos of cocaine and is now facing execution, likely by lethal injection.
The findings indicate that alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, khat, and even emerging substances such as methamphetamine and codeine syrup are becoming incre...
The arrest comes amid ongoing efforts to curb drug abuse in the Coast region, where law enforcement agencies have been battling an influx of illicit s...
In the latest bust, two Tanzanian nationals, Yunus Ali alias Dogo Yunus and Hemed Abdalla Hemed alias Chotara, were arrested along the Lunga Lunga-Mom...
According to the report, traffickers have adopted sophisticated methods to evade capture, including lacing food and snacks with cannabis.
Mutisya stated that police are on high alert in the fight against drugs, especially with the upcoming Christmas holiday.
The raid, described by police as a “surprise sting operation,” followed weeks of meticulous surveillance and investigation into the activities of the...
The operation took place in Diani, with a combined effort from detectives of the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) Mombasa and the Directorate of Criminal Inv...
