Mystery deepens over whereabouts of Polish drug lords

The mystery of the four Polish drug suspects believed to be hiding in Kenya deepened on Saturday after police boss David Kimaiyo said that he had not been briefed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The four, who detectives say could have links with a senior Nairobi politician, are believed to have been hiding in Kenya for the last two months.

Contacted by the Sunday Nation, Mr Kimaiyo said that he was still at the Coast where regional police chiefs have been meeting and would only be apprised of the matter from Monday.

Although detectives suspected that the four could have sneaked out to Seychelles recently, other reports show that they moved to another location within Nairobi, with the help of the politician.

Last month, the Republic of Poland wrote to the Kenya government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking the arrest and subsequent deportation of the four. They are said to be trafficking drugs through Kenya and Poland to the rest of Europe.

RELUCTANT TO COMMENT

All the heads of the relevant authorities have been reluctant to comment on the matter or pursue the suspects.

The police, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Embassy of Poland have remained tight-lipped since the story came out three weeks ago.

Protocol requires that foreign countries communicate to the security agents through the Foreign Affairs ministry, implying that Poland could not write to the police boss directly.

Mr Kimaiyo reiterated that his office had not received official communication from the ministry. “I am yet to be briefed. I will only comment on the matter after I get the full details.”

The MFA’s Deputy Director in charge of Europe and Commonwealth Directorate Mr Arthur Amaya Andambi whose office received the request has maintained that his office is not aware.

The head of the CID’s Antinarcotics Unit (ANU) Dr Hamsi Massa said that his office had not received any communication regarding the suspects.

“I have not been able to find concrete information but will give a report next week,” said Dr Massa.

He, however, said that detectives were looking for a consignment of drugs suspected to have been sneaked into the country.

CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION

Four weeks after the Nation inquired about the suspects from the Embassy of Poland in Kenya, the officials have maintained that they would respond to the email dated August 5.

The four have been identified as Marek Niewiadomski (Passport number BM6803782), Ms Aneta Niewiadomski (Passport Number EA9786734), Mr Andrian Niewiadomski (Passport Number EC 2200943), and Mr Krystian Niewiadomski (Passport Number EC5200944).

The request was made after the Warsaw Criminal Investigations conducted an investigation that linked the four among others to drug trafficking.

The details were furnished to the government which later wrote to Kenya.