Eighteen rolls of bhang, cocaine sachets and a cocktail of assorted drugs were netted in the two-hour operation in Mombasa

Police in Mombasa Friday evening arrested seventy suspected drug traffickers as the fight against the illegal trade intensified.
It was a cat and mouse game in the costal town as the team led by the area Provincial Anti-Narcotics Officer John Kemboi, engaged the drug traffickers in a dramatic chase. The group comprising officers from the provincial administration, regular police, CID and anti narcotic unit with the help of sniffer dogs combed Shimanzi godown dens, Old Town and the sea front in search of the drug peddlers.
Eighteen rolls of bhang, cocaine sachets and a cocktail of assorted drugs were netted in the two-hour operation. Mombasa residents called on the police to be conducting such impromptu raids frequently saying the trade had encouraged the development of illegal gangs in the area. The suspects are being held at Mombasa's central police station.