Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation's (DCI) Anti-Narcotics unit based at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, seized 630 grams of heroin concealed in calabashes, destined for Canada.
According to the DCI, the sleuths acted on information from DHL security on a suspicious consignment dupped African calabash destined for Canada from Nairobi.
"The ANU officers moved with speed, confiscating the creamish powdery substance," the DCI tweeted.
After a verification procedure, the substance tested positive for heroin, which was then released to the detectives for safe custody as pursuit for the drug racket involved kicks in.
Over the recent months, the DCI has nabbed several drug traffickers in the country, as they continue to reign in on the vice.
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On November 9, DCI's Transnational Organized Crime detectives arrested three suspects of trafficking in narcotics, who have been operating with impunity across the country and beyond in the guise of engaging in legitimate businesses.
Swalehe Yusuf Ahmed and Suleiman Salim Kaingu were arrested in Kilifi's Kikambala area, with several packages of approximately 1Kg of Heroin estimated at over Ksh3 million in the prohibited markets.
Swalehe Yusuf Ahmed is notoriously known as a trafficker of the hard drug in the coastal region, having two related cases pending before the court, and has been carrying on with the illegal business while out on bond.
In the cases, Swalehe is accused of trafficking over 105Kg of Heroin estimated at Ksh285 Million, money which he launders alongside various operatives that work for him
Also arrested in the operation was Susan Mukonyo Mutuku, a mobile money operator whose shop is believed to be used by the prime suspect to launder his drug trafficking proceeds.
The three were arraigned at a Mombasa court on November 10 on miscellaneous application to facilitate the completion of investigations.
