The detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations were in for a dramatic surprise after a bus driver headed for Busia Town made a screeching stop at the agency headquarters on the night of Wednesday, May 5 after realizing that among the passengers on board were two bhang smokers.

According to a statement made by the sleuths, the driver sped towards Mazingira Complex and came to a screeching halt at the gate manned by officers.

This all began after the driver of the Busia-bound bus who was making his way around the globe cinema roundabout in the city at around 11 pm after picking passengers at the Machakos Country Bus station caught a whiff of the burning substance and suspected that some of the passengers were smoking marijuana inside the bus.

He switched on the lights inside the bus and true to his suspicions, he saw a thin wisp of smoke hovering over the heads of the passengers occupying the back seats from the rearview mirror

“Immediately, the driver who was intending to take Uhuru highway to Waiyaki Way detoured to Murang’a road and sped towards Kiambu road headed to DCI headquarters.

“Officers manning the gate recalled hearing the reverberating noise of a speeding bus advancing towards the gate from Muthaiga direction, as the driver shifted gears in quick succession going over the bumps erected a few metres to our headquarters. When the bus finally stopped, officers manning the majestic entrance to the Mazingira complex approached the bus to establish what was happening,” read the statement by the DCI.

The driver informed the officers that some passengers on board were in possession of the illegal drug and were smoking it in total disregard for the rest of the passengers who included women and children.

The detectives joined by their colleagues who were on standby swang into action and began conducting a body search on all passengers and uncovered two suspects with the prohibited substance.

The first suspect, Kennedy Mekemi, had concealed two rolls close to his privates while the second suspect Lenox Abuoga had concealed a half-smoked joint inside a matchbox.

The two were arrested and booked at DCI headquarters for being found in possession of narcotics, as the officers allowed the rest of the passengers to continue with the rest of the journey.

“DCI commends the action taken by the driver of bus registration number KBR 628B, owned by Kitale Shuttle Company. The actions were heroic and are to be emulated by other drivers in the public transport sector,” the statement concluded.