Three suspects are set to be charged with trafficking narcotics in the guise of engaging in legitimate businesses.
Swalehe Yusuf Ahmed, Suleiman Salim Kaingu and Susan Mukonyo Mutuku were arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigation’s Transnational Organized Crime detectives in Kilifi’s Kikambala area.
The three were arraigned at a Mombasa court yesterday on miscellaneous application to facilitate completion of investigations.
According to DCI, Ahmed and Kaingu were in possession of several packages of heroin, approximately 1Kg, estimated at over Sh3 million in the prohibited markets.
“Mutuku, a mobile money operator, on her part was arrested on suspicion that the prime suspect used her shop to launder his drug trafficking proceeds,” stated DCI.
Ahmed is notoriously known as a trafficker of the hard drug in the coastal region, having two related cases pending before court, and has been carrying on with the illegal business while out on bond.
In the cases, Swalehe is accused of trafficking over 105Kg of Heroin estimated at Sh285 million, money which he launders alongside various operatives that work for him.
