Police recruits in court for selling bhang at Kiganjo training college in Nyeri
From left: Police recruits Kevin Obwongi, John Mutie and Oscar Ahiro appear before a Nyeri court on November 30, 2015 charged with being in possession of eight rolls of bhang inside Kiganjo Police Training College. They will take plea on December 2, 2015. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Wanjohi added that there was a possibility that others could be involved.
- According to police, at the time of their arrest, four recruits were nabbed but one of them managed to escape.
- Two casual workers at the police training college who are believed to be the ones selling the bhang to the recruits were also arrested.
- The magistrate gave police until Wednesday December 2, 2015 to complete investigations.
Three police recruits have been taken to court accused of being part of a cartel selling bhang inside the Kiganjo Police Training College in Nyeri.
Mr Kelvin Obwongi, Mr John Mutie and Mr Oscar Ahiro were arrested by police on Saturday at around 11pm for being in possession of eight rolls of bhang.
One recruit, however, managed to escape.
The three did not, however, take plea after the prosecution requested that they be held for a week to allow police complete investigations.
According to the senior prosecution counsel Allan Wanjohi, there are reports that the three recruits were involved in drug trafficking.
“Apart from the eight rolls of bhang which they were found with, there are also allegations that there could be a weighty matter which involves a cartel of others who have not been brought to court today and whom they could be working with to traffic bhang within the college and outside,” said Mr Wanjohi.
OTHERS COULD BE INVOLVED
Mr Wanjohi added that there was a possibility that others could be involved and if police were given more time, they intended to enjoin them in the case.
“When the three were nabbed by the police they looked suspicious and police had to follow them and found them with the bhang,” he said.
According to police, at the time of their arrest, four recruits were nabbed but one of them managed to escape.
Two casual workers at the police training college who are believed to be the ones selling the bhang to the recruits were also arrested on Saturday night.
However, the two workers were not arraigned in court.
Chief Magistrate John Onyiego declined to grant police the one week period they requested saying the reasons they gave in court were not valid.
“Considering the charge that is before this court, how do you intend to investigate bhang trafficking whereas you have stated in the charge sheet that the three were found in possession of eight rolls of bhang?” posed Mr Onyiego.
The magistrate gave police until Wednesday December 2, 2015 to complete investigations.
The three accused will also take plea on that day.
The recruits are in their last month of training.
