Miraa. [Photo/Citizen TV]

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Meru MCAs have asked Inspector General of police Joseph Boinnet to rescue miraa users and vendors from arrests conducted by his boys.

This followed the directive by NACADA restricting the use of the drug to between 5 pm to 10 pm.

The leaders said President Uhuru Kenyatta had assented to a bill that legalised miraa as a cash crop hence their people should not be arrested by the police.

"We ask our people who love and enjoy chewing miraa not to be worried, intimidated or harassed," Kiegoi MCA Kimathi Ithibua.

"You cannot restrict or regulate miraa chewing because the business booms from as early as 4 am every day," he added.