The consignment of heroine that detectives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport intercepted was labelled generator spare part, police have revealed.
The consignment was found to be a brownish substance which tested positive for heroin.
It had originated in Juba, South Sudan. Police say no arrest has been made so far and they are yet to know the quantity of the drug. This is the latest seizure of drugs in the country. On Friday, a man was arrested in Westlands after arriving from Uganda with five kilos of heroin.
A suspect identified as Joseph Njau Ngendo was arrested on his return from Kampala, Uganda where he had travelled to. Police in the operation said he had left Nairobi on Wednesday night traveling by bus.
He had concealed the drugs in paws paw fruits.
Njau was charged with possession and trafficking in narcotic drugs.
Police said the suspect had procured the narcotics from a Nigerian based in Kampala. Officials at the anti-narcotics police said the suspect is part of a larger heroin distribution network in Nairobi.