Police in Kenya have arrested at least 44 teenagers while at drinking party in a house filled with alcohol on Monday.

NairobiNews reports that the teenagers were still in custody awaiting to be counselled and then handed over to their guardians.

But the investigating officer said he will request the Courts to allow him to detain the suspect who hosted the teenagers at his house.

The detective wants the suspect to be detained at Kabete Police Station as he completes his investigations into how the teenagers ended up at a drinking party.