6 Iranians arrested as Kenya Navy intercepts vessel with drugs worth Ksh.8.2 billion

6 Iranians arrested as Kenya Navy intercepts vessel with drugs worth Ksh.8.2 billion..

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A multi-agency team led by the Kenya Navy intercepted a vessel in the Indian Ocean carrying methamphetamine worth over Ksh. 8.2 billion and arrested six Iranian nationals on board.

The vessel was tracked 630 kilometres east of Mombasa before being escorted to port.
DCI Director Mohammed Amin and Kenya Navy Deputy Commander Brigadier Sankale Kiswaa confirmed the seizure.
The 769 packages of crystalline substance weighed 124,253 kilograms, with a street value of USD 63 million.

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