Officers from the Nationwide Marketing campaign In opposition to Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) have arrested 38 folks after they raided Shisha dens in Nyali, Mombasa County.
Through the raid, over 47 Shisha pots and 700 Shisha substances had been recovered from the unscrupulous entrepreneur within the Nyali palatial space become shisha dens and brothels.
NACADA CEO Dr Anthony Omerikwa talking through the evening raid mentioned the crew performed a sting operation in two Shisha dens in Nyali.
“We acquired data that there are joints which have been promoting Shisha. Shisha has been banned since 2017 and upon accessing the premises, we had been capable of apprehend 38 (amongst them 29 males) suspects together with the proprietor and the supervisor.
We had been capable of acquire over 47 shisha pots, over 700 shisha substances which we are going to topic to an evaluation to confirm the contents from the Authorities Chemist,” Dr Omerikwa additional mentioned.
The CEO mentioned, if the samples collected from the 2 crime scene dens are decided, the suspects’ fees shall be up to date. For now, they are going to stay apprehended and shall be on the cells awaiting arraignment in court docket on Monday,” he mentioned.
Omerikwa additional mentioned NACADA won’t relent warfare on medicine and substance abuse to make sure the vice should come to an finish.
The CEO additional confirmed, the hideout had enterprise working license from 2017, the identical 12 months the federal government banned using Shisha.
“The license we had been proven has expired because it was solely issued for a month, in August 2017. We’re going to work with the County Authorities to make sure that such locations as this are licensed,” mentioned Omerikwa.
He mentioned they are going to work to make sure that alcohol and drug abuse is diminished to the extent that it’s now not a menace to society.
“A few of these dens are breeding grounds for felony enterprise. A few of these locations are the place our younger persons are inducted into alcohol and drug abuse,” CEO mentioned.
The raids, he mentioned, is the start of a protracted journey that shall be undertaken throughout the nation to rid the nation of alcoholism and drug abuse.
The CEO additional mentioned NACADA will collaborate with the Mombasa county authorities to determine the circumstances beneath which the license was given.
The 2 joints the place the raids had been carried out, had been soiled and dilapidated however lavish life-style was portrayed by the luxurious automobile parked inside by the revelers.
