DPP Closes Case in Sh8.2bn Meth Bust as Six Iranians Await Fate In Landmark Drug Trafficking Trial

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The prosecution formally concluded its case before the Shanzu Chief Magistrate’s Court after calling 12 witnesses, including lead investigating officer Inspector Shadrack Kemei, who detailed how Kenyan security agencies intercepted a vessel carrying the massive narcotics haul on the high seas.

Inspector Kemei testified that the Anti-Narcotics Unit received intelligence on October 19, 2025, indicating that the Kenya Navy had launched an operation to intercept a suspicious vessel believed to be transporting narcotic drugs.

“The following day, the Navy confirmed the interception of the vessel, identified as a ‘dark vessel’ for allegedly operating without an Automatic Identification System (AIS), before escorting it to Kenyan waters,” the DPP said.

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The court heard that investigators obtained search warrants from the Mombasa Law Courts on October 24, 2025, authorising detectives to board, search, seize and detain the vessel.

The search was conducted jointly by officers from the Anti-Narcotics Unit, the Kenya Navy and the Kenya Coast Guard Service.

Upon boarding the vessel, detectives recovered two packets containing a white crystalline substance.

Preliminary field tests confirmed the substance was methamphetamine with an estimated purity of about 98 per cent, prompting a comprehensive search after the vessel docked at the Kenya Navy’s Mtongwe Jetty.

Investigators later discovered 769 packets of methamphetamine concealed in six of the vessel’s seven compartments. Authorities seized both the narcotics and the vessel before arresting the six crew members.

They are; Jaseem Darzadeh Nia, Nadeem Jadgal, Hassan Baloch, Raheem Baksh, Imran Baloch and Imtiyaz Daryay.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya

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