The 37-year-old dealing in groceries had arrived from his farm with pepper supplies for sale when he caught the attention of a police officer, who suspected inside one of the sacks was marijuana, witnesses confided in Citizen TV. The officer, a John Kamau, then sought to inspect the sacks out of which he did not find the substances he had suspected. That would however be enough as he started demanding a bribe from the trader. He had initially wanted KSh 500 before capping it at KSh 400. Maingi on his part had only KSh 200 to give, which did not sit well with the officer.
BY KAI ELI