3 MILLION USD WORTH OF COCAINE SEIZED IN MOMBASA

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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MARWA: CORRUPT POLICE ARE PROTECTING DRUG LORDS

Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa has today (Friday) accused a section of police officers within the region of protecting drug barons and undermining the government’s efforts to fight insecurity in the area.
Addressing journalists at Uhuru na Kazi building accompanied by regional police boss Francis Wanjohi, Marwa said some corrupt security officials were to blame following the increasing number of youth engaging in drug abuse.
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This comes only a few months after he accused police officers manning various roadblocks within the county of allegedly harassing motorists and taking bribes.
On the other hand, the coast regional coordinator confirmed the arrest of a suspected drug baron along the busy Mombasa-Nairobi highway at Mariakani area today (Friday).
Marwa said there are many drug barons operating in the coastal region, adding that it remains difficult to apprehend them because they are being protected by corrupt police officers.
At the same time, he urged coast regional police boss Francis Wanjohi to take disciplinary action against the few corrupt officers, saying drugs had a connection with the mushrooming of illegal criminal gangs, among them Wakali Kwanza and Wakali Wao in Mombasa County.
On his part, Coast regional police boss Francis Wanjohi admitted that drug menace remains a security threat and if not addressed soon it will affect development and future generations in the county.
He noted that during the last police recruitment exercise at the coast, the government was unable to meet the required number of recruits in Mombasa County due lack of minimum academic qualifications.

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