45 Folks Arrested at Mombasa Residential Homes in Shisha Crackdown

Cops in liaison with officers from the Nation Authority for the Marketing campaign In opposition to Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) raided two residential homes and shisha dens in Nyali, Mombasa County on Saturday night time.

Within the crackdown in opposition to shisha joints within the nation, about 45 folks had been arrested and detained on the native police station.

Police additionally recovered shisha pots and substances used to make the drug amongst different gadgets from the homes, which had been seized as proof. 

Officers from NACADA revealed that the officers acted on intelligence stories earlier than pouncing on the suspects.

All suspects arrested together with the supervisor and proprietor of the raided dens will likely be arraigned in courtroom on Monday.

NACADA CEO Anthony Omerikwa whereas addressing the media known as upon Kenyans illegally promoting the commodity to cease earlier than the regulation catches up with them.

“As a multi-agency, we is not going to relent in making certain that the regulation is totally enforced. We are going to be sure that alcohol and drug abuse is eradicated within the nation,” he acknowledged.

Omerikwa complained that such institutions and hideouts launched the youth to drug abuse, disorienting their lives.

He reiterated that the crackdown shall not cease till all operators promoting shisha are charged and sentenced. He vowed to finish the drug menace within the nation.

NACADA has lately launched a crackdown on dens illegally promoting shisha to the general public after banning the drug in 2017.

Final week, a number of journalists had been injured throughout a raid at a nightclub in Nairobi. Police arrested membership managers for presiding over the promoting of shisha to the general public.

Moreover the journalists, law enforcement officials had been additionally attacked by the membership bouncers who appeared to withstand arrest. NACADA has, nevertheless, emphasised its resolve to rid the nation of the banned drug.