Police have arrested a suspect they describe as a “notorious drink-spiker” whohas been on their radar for sometime.

Abdallah Suleiman, aka Asuu, was arrested in Mariakani, Kilifi County, by Mombasa Urban detectives who had trailed him after a series of incidences where travellers were stupefied and their valuables stolen were reported at Mombasa Central Police Station.

Preiliminary investigations, the DCI says, have shown that Asuu is the mastermind behind the drugging of unsuspecting passengers travelling to Mombasa, Kisumu, Tanzania and beyond, then robbing them of their hard-earned cash and valuables while they are dead asleep.

However, the proverbial 40 days of a thief caught up with him at the Mariakani Weighbridge, where sharp-eyed detectives boarded a Nairobi-bound bus and ended his drugged-up heist spree.

Inside his bag of tricks, detectives found Lorivan 2 tablets, soft drinks, and snacks believed to be laced with sedatives, all ready for his next unsuspecting victims.

Asuu is currently behind bars, cooling his heels as detectives prepare for his arraignment.