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A Nyahururu court was on Friday treated to a light drama when a middle aged man claimed that he smoked bhang to keep off mosquitoes.
Peter Mureithi, a night guard at Maseno area in Subukia Sub County told resident magistrate Willy Cheruiyot that he was told by a friend that bhang is a mosquito repellent and it would be helping him while on night duty.
Mureithi further explained to the Magistrate that he burns the marijuana leaves and so that its smoke keeps off mosquitoes adding that since he quit alcohol the bhang has been keeping him going.
However, Mureithi pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him for a second time and insisted that the bhang he was alleged to be having was not his.
He was released on Sh.50, 000 bond with a surety of a similar amount.
The charges stated that on October 6 this year at Maseno area in Subukia Township he was found in possessing of 250 grams of bhang.
The court was told that on the material day police officers from Subukia police station were on a normal patrol when they received a call from a member of Nyumba kumi initiative informing them that the accused was seen smoking bhang.
They rushed to the scene and found the accused smoking the drug and arrested him. They took him to Subukia police station where he was charged with the offence.
The case will be heard on January 14 next and mentioned on December15 this year.