Detectives Friday seized a consignment of cocaine worth Sh100 million from a house in Utange, Mombasa County. The consignment, some that had been packaged ready for market, was seized following a tip-off to police. A woman believed to be a mule was arrested during the operation. In an operation conducted by sleuths drawn from the Transnational Organized Crimes and the Anti-Narcotics units, the female suspect identified as Nuru Murshid Mahfud, 29, was arrested. In 2019, the then European Union Ambassador to Kenya Simon Mordue said the Kenyan port of Mombasa accounted for 30 per cent of illegal heroin smuggled into the EU market.

Source: The Star May 21, 2022 05:47 UTC