Ugandan Woman Arrested As Kenya Seizes 454kg of Meth

What the report says

Kenyan media have identified a 37-year-old Ugandan woman, Zulaikah Nakabugo, among several suspects arrested after police in Kenya seized 454 kilogrammes of suspected methamphetamine in Kwale County. Nile Post reported that the haul, described as worth about Shs113 billion, was recovered during an intelligence-led operation involving Kenyan and Tanzanian security agencies.

According to the article, the arrests began after a suspected trafficker was detained in Tanzania and handed to Kenyan authorities at the Lunga Lunga-Horohoro border crossing. Information from that arrest led officers to Shirazi village, where Nakabugo and another suspect were taken into custody. Police later moved to Ganja La Simba village in Kinondo, also in Kwale County, where they found the suspected drugs and arrested a further suspect. Kenyan media also named two Tanzanian suspects in the case.

The substance has been identified only as suspected methamphetamine pending laboratory confirmation. Police also seized two vehicles and a motorcycle believed to have been used in the operation. The article says the case is part of a wider probe into a cross-border trafficking network that may link several countries in East and Southern Africa and beyond.

Nile Post noted that the seizure has renewed attention on East African coastal routes being used for international drug trafficking, with authorities in Kenya and Tanzania continuing their investigations.