Five suspects, suspected to be involved in a significant cocaine-smuggling operation, have been apprehended by anti-narcotics detectives in Kenya.
This followed the interception of a woman at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) carrying 57 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private parts.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations in a statement on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, said the primary suspect, Apoko Damaris Adhiambo, had concealed the pellets in her underwear when she was flagged down at JKIA’s terminal A1 central screening area just before boarding a Madagascar-bound plane on Tuesday.
Upon interrogation, the suspect revealed she was recruited into the cocaine smuggling syndicate by one Harriet Asaba, a woman living in Nairobi.
Using forensic technologies, detectives tracked Asaba to Accra Road in Nairobi and arrested her.
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