Akasha's date with fate setBaktash Akasha (left) and his brother Ibrahim Akasha (right) when they appeared in a Mombasa court for their extradition case on January 02, 2017. An initial hearing had set the sentencing date for February 1st. Baktash, Ibrahim, Gulam and Goswami, have been charged by US prosecutors with conspiring to smuggle 98 kilograms of heroin into the United States from Kenya. SEE ALSO :What to do to ensure affordable housing fund gets critical buy-inThe two could be sentenced to life in prison in the US as per the drug trafficking law. At that time, a Mombasa court was hearing a petition on whether they could be taken to the US for the charges.

Source: Standard Digital February 03, 2019 09:00 UTC