The man, a barber identified as Peter, said he wanted government support as he has lost his livelihood.
"I walked all the way from Karagatia to Naivasha police station so that I could be arrested and put in jail where I'm guaranteed a place to sleep and food," he said on Tuesday.
When told that he could not be arrested as he had not committed any crime, the man whipped out two sticks of bhangi as evidence and challenged the police officers to "do what they do best".
The man, said to be depressed, shocked the officers when he said that he had earlier tried to smoke bhang near some officers but they did not notice.
On being questioned by OCS Isaac Sang, the man admitted that his business had collapsed due to bad company and thus wanted to be locked in.
“We told him that he could not be arrested as he had no committed any crime but he went ahead to produce two sticks of bhangi,” Sang said.
“We had to call in one of the leading clerics to pray for the youthful man who from our investigations was suffering from depression before allowing him to go home,” he said.
-The Star|GEORGE MURAGE