Two men were on Thursday arrested ferrying bhang in a government vehicle in Lerata along the Isiolo-Moyale highway.
It was later established that the two are a police officer and prison warden, Sergeant Morris Mugambi and warden Stephen Kamau were arrested following collaboration by a multi-agency security team that was manning a roadblock on the busy highway.
The vehicle, a Toyota pickup that had four occupants at the time was impounded.
Confirming the incident, Samburu County Police Commander Samson Juma Ogelo, said that the two officers were wearing civilian clothes when they were busted with the drugs.
he officer confirmed that the vehicle was transporting a sick inmate to Embu where he set to be treated before the officers were nabbed.
“Sgt Mugambi, a clinician, was seated with the driver while the uniformed officer guarding the sick inmate, Mr. Kamau, and the driver’s kin were on the back of the vehicle,” said Ogelo.
It was also established that Mugambi was supposed to proceed on leave after handing over the patient to the health facility.
The police have embarked on a probe into the matter following the arrest of the two.