Anti-narcotics detectives from the DCI this week foiled a cocaine trafficking scheme at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

A report says that a woman intending to traffick 57 pellets of cocaine to Madagascar had devised a strategy of escaping security apparatus at the busy airport.

So what happened?

At 10:30 pm Tuesday, March 26, Apoko Damaris Adhiambo was flagged down at terminal A1’s central screening area, as she checked in to board Kenya Airways KQ 256 flight to Antananarivo, Madagascar.

The DCI says that a body scanner at the checkpoint revealed suspicious items concealed around the 32-year-old privates, triggering a quick search that saw 600g of the highly addictive drug discovered.

A spot test conducted on the discovery was positive for the coca product.

“After a moment of interrogation by female anti-narcotics officers, Apoko revealed [that he was] recruited by a Ugandan national identified as Harriet Asaba who resided within [Nairobi]. Deploying forensic technologies, detectives traced Asaba to Accra Road in Nairobi CBD and effected her arrest,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reports.

The Ugandan is said to have led the detectives to Free Area Hotel building and into the VIP Beauty Shop, where another 33 pellets of crack were found.

In the process, three more suspects were arrested. They include; Nangonzi Shirah (a Ugandan national), Esther Wanjiru, 24, and Sophia Kathambi, 24 (Kenyans).

“Presumptive test on the second recovery also tested positive for Cocaine, weighing approximately 396 grams. Whereas prosecution processes have been instigated on the arrested suspects, further investigations are ongoing jointly with the InterPol team to track down the recipients of the drugs at Antananarivo,” the DCI adds.