Anti-Narcotics detectives based at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport seized 630 grams of heroin concealed in calabashes, destined for Canada.
Acting on information from DHL security on a suspicious consignment duped African calabash destined for Canada from Nairobi, the ANU officers moved with speed, confiscating the creamish powdery substance.
“After a verification procedure, the substance tested positive for heroin, which was then released to the detectives for safe custody as the pursuit for the drug racket involved kicks in,” read Directorate of Criminal Investigation report.
Still at JKIA, DCI seized a cache of narcotics concealed in two shipments last month.
One of the shipments that was destined for Australia from Kenya had been declared as African traditional earrings, which would easily pass off as just 168 pairs of earrings.
However, the police officers noticed something unusual about the earrings and after probing them, they discovered a yellow powdery susbstance cleverly concealed within the ornaments.
The powder was subjected to presumptive tests soon afterwards and was positively identified as morphine.
A second consignment had been seized as 12 kitenge dresses and was en route to Hong Kong, China.
The detectives opened the consignment and recovered the 12 declared dresses and an additional 199 buttons.
“Upon deeper inspection, they were awed to find a white powdered substance shrewdly hidden within the buttons,” the statement read in part.
The powder was subjected to presumptive tests, which revealed it was yet another illegal narcotic substance called cocaine.
