Another Kenyan woman has been arrested while attempting to smuggle cocaine through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The woman who was identified as Wendy Mbeke Muli had swallowed eight cocaine pellets and was attempting to go through security checks for a flight out of the country.
According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Wendy Mbeke Muli who is 26 years old was arrested by anti-narcotics detectives based at the airport and is set for arraignment in court to face drug trafficking charges.
“Mbeke, whose confidence was clearly larger than her carry-on luggage, was intercepted by hawk-eyed detectives on June 13, 2025, at around 10am just minutes before boarding an outbound flight. Her uneasy demeanour during a routine screening set off alarm bells,” the DCI reported.
The DCI stated that she was subjected to a thorough search following which it was established that she had concealed foreign substances inside her body cavity, prompting immediate medical observation.
“Later that day, Mbeke requested to use the washrooms. She then proceeded to excrete two pellets. The following day on June 14, while still under observation, she excreted six more pellets, bringing the total to eight pellets,” the DCI stated. The recovered pellets contained cocaine weighing approximately 626.65 grams.
Mbeke’s is the latest in rising incidents of Kenyan women who are getting nabbed while trafficking drugs. In May 2025, Caroline Wanjiku Mwangi was arrested at she tried to smuggle cocaine through JKIA. She was about to board a flight that was scheduled to depart for Goa, India, when she was arrested.
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She was singled out for an inspection, upon which detectives discovered two smaller handbags that were tucked inside her luggage. The two smaller handbags had packages of cocaine concealed inside them. The cocaine weighed a total of 1.3 kilograms.
In April, Emily Kanini Rhoda, was arrested in India while smuggling cocaine worth Sh270 million. Kanini who is 43 years old, was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after her luggage was inspected and found with the drugs.
She had from Nairobi, Kenya to India, through Doha, Qatar on April 1. She was singled out for inspection after officers noticed that she was overly nervous.
