A Polish national was on Friday, September 15 nabbed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with heroin valued at Ksh3.2 million.
The foreign national was nabbed minutes before he boarded a Hungary-bound Egyptian airline.
Following the seizure, heroin worth Ksh3.2 million was found stashed in his African-print bag.
It was not immediately established how the suspect bypassed all security checks at the international airport before he was nabbed at Terminal 1C.
” The trafficker who was destined for Hungary’s capital (Budapest) has since been booked in police cells awaiting further processing and arraignment,” DCI statement read in part.
Following the suspect’s arrest, The Director Anti-Narcotics Directorate Margaret Karanja warned that all those caught up in the ring of traffickers and peddlers will be treated with the severity of the law, despite their roles in the trade.
She also extended the warning to those involved in fraudulent activities including gold scams in the country.
On September 8, ten suspected gold scammers, including a police officer, were arrested following an operation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The operation saved a Tunisia national Ksh1 billion that he was about to spend in the purchase of one tonne of fake gold.
DCI boss Amin Mohammed visited the crime scene at the Garden Estate area of Nairobi, where detectives impounded fake gold and fake dollar notes used by scammers to defraud unsuspecting businessmen in a house converted into a high-end office.
“The operation started all the way in Tunisia when they claimed they have the capacity of selling him gold…when he suspected and reported the matter to us,” the DCI boss stated.
Detectives revealed that some legislators were involved in the fake gold scam. However, they did not identify the lawmakers involved.
