Emmanuel Ikechukwu
The Military on Friday in Kenya said it blew up a ship allegedly laden with substance suspected to be heroin found trying to sneak in off the Kenyan coast.This was made known to pressmen by the country’s Internal Security Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Nkaissery and Chief of General Staff, Samson Mwathethe, supervised the destruction of the drugs which took place at deep sea in the coastal city of Mombasa, the authorities said.The report had it that the vessel was impounded while smuggling the drugs worth 200,000 dollars by Kenya Navy who were patrolling the Indian Ocean in April.
Five suspects, four Kenyans and Seychellois were arrested with heroin in the luxury yacht worth 200,000 dollars and allegedly owned by a Briton.
It sailed around Seychelles, Tanzania and Kenya in what authorities suspected was the route of an international drug syndicate. “This is the second vessel to be destroyed for alleged involvement in illegal drug trade,” the military said.
