Police on Friday seized a haul of
cocaine allegedly worth over 3 million U.S.
dollars at the port of Mombasa.
The container was intercepted upon arrival at
the port on transit to Uganda from Venezuela.
Security officers are currently verifying the
four containers at the regional port for possible
more drugs.
Documents indicate 18 containers were loaded
at Santos port in Brazil on June 20. Each
container was loaded with 520 bags of brown
sugar.
Regional police boss Francis Wanjohi said the
drugs had tested positive and a major
investigation was underway to apprehend the
owners.
"Our officers received intelligence reports
about four suspicious containers. They were
isolated for verification by multi-agency team
which discovered the cocaine hidden in one
the container," said Wanjohi.
Sources indicate that the police were tipped off
by Interpol about the containers. The
containers were seized immediately after the
ship docked at the port on Wednesday.
The port of Mombasa has in the past been
used as transit port for drugs headed to
Europe and Asia. Last year, President Uhuru
Kenyatta witnessed the destruction of a ship
laden with heroin valued at 13 million dollars.
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