Zimpapers Logo

MOMBASA. — Kenya’s security agents have arrested over 200 suspected drug traffickers and seized a drug haul worth millions of shillings in the coastal city of Mombasa. The security operation is part of the drugs, crime and terror crackdown ordered in the tourist resort region by President Uhuru Kenyatta last week. Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa told Xinhua in Mombasa that a special unit has been established to pursue drug lords behind the smuggling of narcotics.

Marwa said the security apparatus have mapped out notorious drug dens and they will be shut down soon.

“We have laid down strategy to deal with the drug menace and soon the drug dealers will be arrested and prosecuted,” he said.

The coastal city of Mombasa has been cited in many security reports as a transit point for drugs headed to Asia and Europe.

Some of the drug lords have turned the coastal region into a drug haven, with thousands of young people addicted to heroin and cocaine.

Anti-narcotics police officers say most of the drug traffickers had also been avoiding airports for roads, which are poorly manned to traffic the drugs. — Xinhua.