The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has refuted claims reports of a Mexican large-scale methamphetamine production lab located in Namanga.
The DCI on Wednesday 20 March 2025 clarified in a statement that the lab had not been in operation and was just in its primary stage of being set up when the Mexican, Nigerian and other cartels linked to the case were arrested.
According to the DCI, they were arrested in September and October in 2024.
DCI revealed that the clandestine lab was in the process of being set up with samples and structures, but the plan was never actualised since sleuths had managed to arrest six suspects.
“The circumstances surrounding the discovery of the lab and the suspects implicated contain misinterpretations and lack sufficient details about the case” DCI stated.
The DCI therefore added that the Anti- Narcotic officers launched an operation on September 12, 2024, following a tip-off from the public regarding the setting up of the pub.
The Sleuths moved quickly and discovered a drug lab had been put up with chemicals presence as evidence, formulas and other lab equipments.
Among the suspects arrested included Alvaro Israel Vera (Mexican), two Nigerian nationals Agwu Ojukwo and MBA, Agwu Ogba who are brothers and three Kenyans namely Caroline Wambui Wachira, Francis Maina Gachau and Betty Muchemi.
When the further probe was conducted, Ojukwu was revealed as the master mind and architect of the lab having visited Kenya for the first time in 2007.
Currently, detectives are still pursuing Mexicans who are believed to have gone into hiding after orientation.
