Police in Matuu yesterday evening arrested a 62 year-old-man with 20 rolls of bhang at the Matuu bus terminal while trading the bhang.
Pius Wambua Mutiso was arrested while selling the drug after residents raised the alarm and informed the police who responded immediately.
However some of his accomplices managed to get away. According to Yatta OCPD Edward Kipsang, the suspect is a notorious drug peddler who had been released recently after he was arrested back in Matuu.
Kipsang has promised to continue hunting down the suspects who are still at large where he promised to eradicate drug peddlers from the area.
Kipsang further urged people to work closely with his office and cautioned people against hiding people who are indulging in such vices.
"I would like to assure residents that we are still hunting down the others who managed to get away, I will not rest until we eradicate peddlers and I would like to appeal to the general public to be informing the relevant authorities of such characters without hiding them," said Kipsang.
The suspect will be presented to the Kithimani Law Court later today on counts of being in possession of illegal substances.