Kenya jails 7 foreigners for life over drug trafficking

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Published March 10, 2023 8:20 AM

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Six Pakistanis and one Iranian national who were found guilty of trying to smuggle heroin to Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa via the Indian Ocean have been sentenced to life in prison. The foreigners have been in custody since 2014 when they were arrested and charged with trafficking heroin worth 1.3 billion Kenya shillings ($10 million). The Mombasa court said Friday that each of the convicts will also be fined 3.9 billion Kenya shillings. They all have a right to appeal to the higher court. The seven were crew members of a ship Amin Darya, also known as Al Noor, and were arrested while on board while the ship was at sea.

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