Police busted a man in possession of 5 kilos of a rare drug at a hotel Tuesday night, NewsChannel5 sister station WCPO-TV in Cincinnati reported.
Police arrested 20-year-old Omer Mohamed at the Red Roof Inn in Blue Ash for allegedly being in possession of a large amount of a drug called Khat. Police said that 5 kilos of Khat were found wrapped in banana leaves, ready for sale.
Khat is a little known flowering plant banned in the U.S. that is native to East Africa that acts like a stimulant because it can cause euphoria. People generally chew the drug to achieve the high.
Blue Ash Police Capt. Jim Schaffer said it is the first time his department has ever seen the drug, and he suspects that is the case for most, if not all, departments in the area.
Schaffer said Mohamed was having the drugs shipped to him at the hotel, and the suspect would pick them up as he checked in as a registered guest. Police were acting on a tip in Mohamed's arrest.
Authorites said they do not expect to make more arrests.
Mohamed remains locked up at the Hamilton County Justice Center as of Wednesday morning.
Mohamed has an address in Galloway, Ohio, but is originally from the country of Somalia and immigration agents have gotten involved in the case.
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