Five suspected drug traffickers were arrested on Thursday, June 16, at an apartment in Nyayo Estate in Embakasi, Nairobi.
In a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the five were apprehended after being busted with narcotic substances during a swoop conducted by city detectives.
According to the DCI, the five included two foreigners of South African origin and three Kenyans who are believed to be part of a group that has been operating a transnational drug trafficking syndicate.
“Sleuths drawn from the Anti-narcotics Unit based at DCI Headquarters, nabbed the peddlers who had taken cover at an apartment within Nyayo Estate in Embakasi, Nairobi.
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“After a detailed search in the apartment, several items were recovered including 240 pellets of unknown substances believed to be narcotic drugs, 5 mobile phones, a laptop and travel documents. A motor vehicle make Toyota Mark X with a Burundian registration number was also impounded,” DCI stated.
The suspects were held at the Muthaiga Police Station and on Friday, June 17, they appeared in court to answer charges of drug trafficking as DCI sleuths sought custodial orders to facilitate further investigation.
The DCI stated that all the exhibits retrieved from the suspects were dispatched for forensic analysis at the Chemistry and Toxicological lab, based at the recently commissioned DCI National Forensic Laboratory.
