Police have arrested an 83-year-old woman who was posing as a banana vendor along the streets of Nyeri town top sell bhang to the locals.
Rolls of bhang were found hidden in the suspect’s bag which she used to carry bananas in her daily covert operations.
It is believed that that young men and women involved in the peddling business got their supplies from the apprehended woman.
The old woman is said to have been using her son as the middle-man to assist her in the supply of the outlawed product.
She will be arraigned in a Nyeri court before Resident Magistrate Nelly Kariuki today (Thursday, July 11).
Drug trafficking charges normally attract a higher penalty compared to the accusation of being found in possession of such substances.
With the local authorities reporting that they have enough reason to confirm that she was involved in the peddling of the drugs, the prosecution may decide level charges of drug trafficking against her, as reported by one of the online news websites.
