DCI detectives have seized methamphetamine drugs worth over KSh9 million at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The over 1 kg drug, concealed inside bicycle saddles, was stashed among other items and declared as bicycle accessories in a consignment from Moroni, Comoros.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) say that the consignment was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia.
“Lynx-eyed operational detectives deployed at the airport to tackle immigration crime and suspicious cargo had converged at the DHL shed for a verification exercise, where brown packages with a white crystalline substance were found concealed in eleven saddles. Upon testing, the same tested positive for methamphetamine,” the DCI says.
Consequently, Interpol operations have been launched to identify the faces behind the illicit trade for arrest and prosecution.
The investigative agency is now warning that the war against the abuse and trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances is in top gear.
“The Kenyan soil will remain a hostile ground for perpetrators, irrespective of their status in the country,” the DCI adds.
