Police escort Ndechumia Bilali Kimali after his arrest . Photo/nation.co.keThe prosecution has opposed the release on bond of a man charged with trafficking heroin with a market value of Sh6 million.
According to police Bilali Ndechumia,the accused lived in Madagascar for almost two years before he was extradited to Kenya.
The accused alleged to be the owner of a yacht christened Baby Iris that was allegedly found with the heroin.
“Upon learning [of] the arrest of his accomplices and realising that his [yacht] had been intercepted and detained the accused took off,” read part of the affidavit by Police Constable George Odhiambo, attached to the Anti-Narcotics Unit.
Mr Odhiambo said the accused is a flight risk.
“We invite the court to take judicial notice of the fact that drug trafficking and the effects of drugs have had adverse effects on the Kenyan population,” said Mr Odhiambo.
He said the accused is facing a serious offence that attracts, upon conviction, a fine of Sh1 million or three times the value of the seized drug.
The accused, allegedly jointly with others, trafficked 2,028 grams of heroin by conveying it in a motor vehicle concealed in the false bottom and top of a black suitcase.