{"id":110809,"date":"2025-02-22T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/over-99kg-of-herion-destroyed-in-mombasa\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T12:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:03:51","slug":"over-99kg-of-herion-destroyed-in-mombasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/over-99kg-of-herion-destroyed-in-mombasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 99kg of herion destroyed in Mombasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nairobi, Kenya Feb 22 \u2013 Over 99 kilograms of heroin and nearly a kilogram of cocaine were destroyed by Authorities in a court-supervised operation in Mombasa following a series of successful anti-narcotics crackdowns along the coastal region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The illicit substances, estimated to be worth more than Sh297 million in street value, were incinerated at Bamburi Cement.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise was witnessed by representatives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the government chemist, and senior police officials.<\/p>\n<p>The destruction process was approved by the court following a case involving Fatuma Ahmed Ali and Swaleh Yusuf Ahmed (now deceased).<\/p>\n<p>The two were found in possession of 91.7kg of heroin valued at over Sh 275 million, along with 997 grams of cocaine, at their Kikambala Estate residence in Kilifi County.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0During the trial, Swaleh Yusuf passed away, leaving Fatuma to face the full weight of the law where she was sentenced to a 40-year prison term and a hefty fine of Sh 825,645,000 on November 19, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident, Maimuna Jumanne Amir was arrested at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, on March 14, 2021, while attempting to traffic 5.8kg of heroin worth Sh 17.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>She was later convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Other individuals, namely Juma Mwanyota and Abdulmajid Msallam Timamu, were also handed 13-year and 15-year jail terms, respectively, after being found guilty of drug trafficking offenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Authorities have vowed to maintain momentum in the fight against drug trafficking, with multiple cases now at advanced stages of prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-drug detectives have intensified operations across the country in a bid to curb drug trafficking.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, Kenya Feb 22 \u2013 Over 99 kilograms of heroin and nearly a kilogram of cocaine were destroyed by Authorities in a court-supervised operation in Mombasa following a series of successful anti-narcotics crackdowns along the coastal region. The illicit substances, estimated to be worth more than Sh297 million in street value, were incinerated at Bamburi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}