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Sh8.2 billion drug bust: Who owns the haul?

By Patrick Beja and Willis Oketch | 5d ago
Some 1,024 kilogrammes of methamphetamine, a synthetic drug, was seized 630 kilometres East of Mombasa. [Jotham Mghendi, Standard]

A drug haul worth Sh8.2 billion has been seized in the Indian Ocean and six Iranians arrested by security agencies.

The 1,024 kilogrammes of methamphetamine, a synthetic drug, was seized 630 kilometres East of Mombasa.

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