Ugandan Woman Arrested in Kenya Over Shs113b Drug Bust

A 37-year-old Ugandan woman is currently in police custody in Kenya following a high-profile, multi-agency security operation that intercepted a massive consignment of suspected methamphetamine valued at approximately Shs113 billion (KSh 3.6 billion).

The joint raid, executed on November 7, 2026, in Kwale County along the Kenyan coast, targeted sophisticated cross-border narcotics networks operating within the East African region. Kenya’s Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, revealed details of the bust during a media briefing in Nairobi.

Detectives from Kenya’s National Anti-Narcotics Investigations Bureau initially apprehended the Ugandan national, Nakabugo Zuraicah, alongside Basleman Saleh Khamis—a suspected drug kingpin wanted by authorities in both Kenya and Tanzania—during an operation in Shirazi village.

Acting on further intelligence leads, security operatives descended upon Ganja la Simba village in Kinondo. There, they uncovered 454 kilogrammes of suspected methamphetamine and detained a third suspect, 54-year-old Tanzanian national Hamad Seif Said. Authorities also impounded two vehicles and a motorcycle believed to have been used to facilitate the illicit trade.

Mr. Amin credited the successful operation to seamless, real-time intelligence sharing between Kenyan and Tanzanian law enforcement agencies, highlighting a growing regional commitment to dismantling transnational criminal syndicates.

Investigators have shifted their focus away from low-level couriers, targeting instead the masterminds, financiers, and financial networks powering these drug cartels. All three suspects remain behind bars as anti-narcotics detectives widen their cross-border probe to track down fleeing accomplices.

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