Police are investigating an incident in which a consignment of Propoxyphene drug was seized at the Busia border.
The cargo containing packets of baby porridge formula was destined for Nairobi.
It had originated in Uganda as cargo when it was seized at the border by multi-agency teams on June 12.
The teams said they were conducting random checks when they stumbled on the drugs.
A team is looking for the intended owner of the narcotics.
Propoxyphene is in a group of drugs called narcotic pain relievers.
Due to a multitude of deaths attributed to the two drugs, the Food And Drug Administration banned Propoxyphene-based products from further prescription in 2010.
The FDA recognizes numerous alarming side effects in users of Propoxyphene products, including abnormal heart rhythms and seizures.
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After a thorough review, the FDA concluded that the risks associated with propoxyphene outweigh the benefits.
This came as a consignment of Pethidine was intercepted in Nairobi while headed for Lagos, Nigeria.
The cargo was in 54 packages when police were informed it had been sent as a shipment.
In Kenya, the drug is controlled and classified as narcotics under the first schedule of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act.
Pethidine is an opioid pain-relief medicine that was once widely used for pain caused by a range of conditions.
Pethidine is sometimes used to reduce labor pain in childbirth.
In the US it is classified by the DEA as Schedule II Controlled Substance, which means they are defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence.
These drugs are also considered dangerous.
On June 12, police said they were informed the cargo had been dispatched for Lagos, and upon verification, they found the drug in 54 packages.
The shipment was seized pending investigation and further comprehensive analysis by Government analysts, police said.
The most commonly trafficked narcotics from Tanzania and Uganda is heroin.
In 2019, the then European Union Ambassador to Kenya Simon Mordue said the Kenyan port of Mombasa accounted for 30 percent of illegal heroin smuggled into the EU market.
