Detectives in Nairobi have arrested a suspected drug trafficker at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport(JKIA).

Through a statement on Saturday 4th October, 2025, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), revealed that, 41-year- old Anna Nekesa Kisaka was arrested arrested minustes before takeoff on her way to Dubai.

According to DCI, she had concealed several pellets of cocaine inside her body in a desperate move to outwit the airport security, but her plan unravelled when detectives, acting on instinct and intelligence, flagged her for an additional screening.

“Their suspicions were correct; scans revealed she was carrying the illicit cargo inside her. Placed under medical supervision, Nekesa later excreted three pellets of cocaine, confirming detectives’ worst fears about her risky internal concealment method,” DCI statement read in part

The suspect is in custody awaiting her arraignment in court on Monday 6th October, 2025.

Her arrests comes a few days after an investigative report by the Standard revealed that how JKIA has been exposed as transit for global drugs trade.