Five drug baron suspects, including a
female law student who is said to be a
girlfriend of one of the two Seychellois
deported on Saturday, were arrested after
an operation in Mombasa and Kilifi
counties
- They were carrying the money in suitcases
- Four vehicles belonging to the suspects
are also being detained for further
investigations
Over KSh 18 million (About N54m) in cash
and 17 kilogrammes of drugs worth KSh 170
million (N517m) have been nabbed after
Police arrested five more suspected drug
barons on Sunday 12, February.
The five suspects, including a female law
student who is said to be was a girlfriend of
one of the two Seychellois deported on
Saturday, were arrested after an operation in
Mombasa and Kilifi counties. They were
carrying the money in suitcases.
"Two of the suspects were arrested with two
kilogrammes of the drugs while the others
were seized with 15 kilos of the drugs which
was being hidden at a house in Bamburi for
local distribution," Coast Regional Coordinator
Nelson Marwa said at the Bamburi Police
Station.
He said four vehicles belonging to the
suspects are also being detained for further
investigations.
The arrest comes just hours after two
suspected drug barons were deported from
Kenya to Seychelles at the weekend had been
on the Interpol wanted list for close to two
years.
They were being accused of trafficking drugs
close to a KSh 1 billion in the year 2015.
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