Ship crew detained in narcotics probe
Nine crew members of a ship that was seized by security forces at the port of Mombasa have been remanded in police custody for 14 days.
The crew have been detained to allow police to verify contents of 258 jumbo bags and compartments of the vessel.
The suspects identified as Yousuf Yaqoob, Yakoob, Saleem Muhammad, Bhatti Abdul Ghafour, Baksh Moula, Prabhakara Nair, Pak Abdolghaffer and Muhammed Saleh were charged with trafficking 974 grammes of heroin worth Sh2.9 million.
They were yet to plead to the charge as the prosecution requested to have plea taking deferred.
Prosecuting counsel Eugene Wangila applied to have them remanded. “There is fear that if the accused are let free, investigations might not be completed,” he told Senior Principal Magistrate Justus Kituku. The case will be mentioned on July 24.
