The businessman told the court Haji threatened him with a gun at Reef Hotel on February 11, 2017, when he accompanied police officers on a raid on his car. The state later withdrew the drug charges against Mangira for lack of evidence but retained the money laundering ones. Last year the Asset Recovery Agency obtained High Court orders to freeze Mangira’s two bank accounts and forfeiture of his six high-end cars. The Sh18.5 million which police said they seized from his car is also an exhibit on the money laundering case. Stephen Vicker and a Tanzanian, Nabil Loo Mohamed, were suspected of drug trafficking were later charged with money laundering.

Source: Standard Digital February 19, 2019 12:00 UTC