DCI Officers Arrest US National, Recover Cocaine Pellets From His Rectum
A U.S. citizen who consumed multiple cocaine pellets in an attempt to trade them from Alabama to Saudi Arabia was taken into custody by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officials on Tuesday.
The cops claim that a doctor at a Nairobi hospital provided a tip that led to the capture of the alleged drug trafficker.
After displaying signs of excessive drugging, the suspect—who is currently recovering—was brought to the hospital by his companion on Sunday, February 16, and admitted for evaluation.
Anti-narcotics investigators from DCI Headquarters were notified by the doctor shortly after the suspect was admitted, and they came to the facility to observe the suspect undergo an endoscopy.
Three pellets measuring 57.98 grams of cocaine were found in the suspect’s rectum during the procedure. After taking the pellets, the DCI officers recorded the event.
The DCI officers disclosed that the doctor also verified that there was a another pellet lodged in the suspect’s small intestines, and that medical assistance was being provided to have it extracted.
The police discovered during the suspect’s interrogation that the American national was temporarily staying at a short-term flat in the Westlands neighborhood of Nairobi.
Yesterday, at approximately 6 p.m., he was scheduled to board Ethiopian Airlines when he unexpectedly became ill. The officers stated that the suspect was to pass through Addis Ababa on his way to Saudi Arabia.
The US national was arrested shortly after suspected amphetamines were found in a consignment from Burundi bound for Australia by DCI officials stationed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Tests on the white crystal substance that was discovered hidden in the crate and wrapped with yellow sellotape proved to be positive for the highly addictive drug on Tuesday afternoon during a verification exercise.
The stimulant had been hidden within ten huge candles in a carton, but the investigators were unable to identify the consignment’s owners, so they began a manhunt.
