Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on Sunday announced that the agency had nabbed an army officer alongside several other suspects during a four-day operation in several estates of the Coastal region.
In a statement, the agency revealed that the operation targeted drug dens in Kengeleni, Magodoroni, and Shanzu areas, Kisumu Ndogo, Sea Breeze within Malindi township, and Timboni area in Watamu.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer whose identity was concealed, was arrested alongside a juvenile after they were nabbed with narcotic drugs.
The drugs included heroin, marijuana, and diazepam among others.
Some of the contrabands recovered during a raid in Mombasa.
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DCI
“In the fight against counterfeit goods, the multi-agency team visited several shops where a search was conducted and counterfeited sportswear recovered,” read the statement in part.
In one of the locations, 27 pieces of assorted counterfeited sportswear were recovered while 204 more pieces were found at another raid at China Mall along Digo Road.
DCI conducted the operation alongside other agencies that included law enforcers supported by other government and non-government agencies under Operation Usalama – Coast Region.
“Operation Usalama is the brainchild of The Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation (EAPCCO), a regional police body whose membership consists of Chiefs of Police of the 14 countries and the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation (SARPCCO) which is principally responsible for the prevention and combating of Cross-border and Transnational Organised Crimes,” DCI added.
“The operation was necessitated as a result of the recognition by the Chiefs of police of both regions of the threats posed by transnational crimes including Motor vehicle theft, Narcotic drugs, Trafficking in persons(TIP) /Smuggling of Migrants (SOM), Proliferation of small arms and light weapons, Terrorism and fugitive tracking, Smuggling of minerals, counterfeit and illicit goods and the need to co-operate in the fight against cross- border and transnational crimes that afflict the two regions.”
Previously, the bodies organised and conducted five simultaneous operations code-named USALAMA I-IX in both regions between 2013 and 2023.
The operations were aimed at enhancing the fight against transnational crimes within the two regions.
Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters along Kiambu Road
Simon Kiragu
Kenyans.co.ke
