Two consignments of bhang were intercepted yesterday morning by Coast Guard officers, following a dramatic chase in the Indian Ocean.
The consignment worth over half a million shillings that were destined for the Lamu archipelago was seized by the officers who were patrolling the sea at 4 am but not before an early morning chase, reminiscent of an offshore powerboat racing competition.
The officers were on routine patrol in their boat in Tustiri area, approximately 140 nautical miles from Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, when they noticed a suspicious boat sailing towards Lamu, from Matondoni.
The captain signalled the boat to stop but on sighting the officers, the boat’s coxswain defied the orders and accelerated towards Tustiri channel.
What followed was a dramatic chase pitting the sea thugs against the Coastguard vessel, as their two boats thundered noisily in the calm morning waters, disturbing the peaceful marine life in the sea.
As the officers caught up with the two thugs, they navigated their vessel to a mangrove thicket, jumped from the boat to the shrub land and disappeared in different directions. The officers impounded the boat before discovering the consignment of cannabis Sativa, carefully concealed in khaki bags.
Moments later as they were towing the boat to Lamu police station, they found one of the suspects who appeared to have lost his escape route, attempting to cross the channel.
Exhausted and without the energy to run from the long arm of the law, the suspect Feiswal Hamadi, 35, surrendered to the officers. He is currently being processed at Lamu police station for arraignment.
Below are some comments from Kenyans:
Roy Vincent Agoya- “Asnate sana to our vigilant officers out deh…hit and destroy the stronghold kabisa, God helping you, cannabis is a biiig problem among the youth now, arrest the peddlers keep them behind bars, they are the source of it , star in the source kabisa, make them cough up the money they have made from selling the drug, the haul them in jail”
Kip Liam Anthony – “In these modern times, criminals have nowhere to hide as the Kenyan Law enforcers are the SEAL Team; They can fight in the Sea, Air and Land; Marine, Extraterrestrial and Terrestrial Warfare respectively”
Dennis White- ‘Well, it’s not like we don’t trust our Kenyan system. But we as Kenyans demand that we should all meet at one point to witness the burning of the cannabis just like how you do it to elephants ivories. Thank you”
Zablon Kamau – “The consignment worth over half a million shillings that was destined for the Lamu archipelago, was seized by the officers who were patrolling the sea at 4am, but not before an early morning chase, reminiscent of an offshore powerboat racing competition.”
Tonito Juneweather – “.. “What followed was a dramatic chase pitting the sea thugs against the Coastguard vessel, as their two boats thundered noisily in the calm morning waters, disturbing the peaceful marine life in the sea…”
I FEEL LIKE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL RIGHT AWAY… “
Michael Egessa- “The bhang was chased after and caught because it must have been a tip of information to the chasers……most of the drugs in the streets are being peddled freely because the police are not observant enough to pin the peddlers”
Labanito Melau – “The last time I checked our very own Ledama Olekina was to move a motion in parliament to enact a law to legalise the holy herbs. This was to give the government a hopping million in revenue. The Ganja’s farmer will bring revenue and taxes that can support Directorate of Criminal Investigations – DCI in fighting crime and their operation.”
