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A group of six Pakistanis and one Iranian who identified as Mohamed Saleh, Yakoob Ibrahim, Saleem Muhammad, Bhatti Abdulghafour, Baksh Moula and Pak Abdolghaffer during their conviction at Mombasa Magistrate Court on Friday, March 10, 2023. KENYANS.CO.KE
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Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku on Friday, March 10, sentenced seven foreigners charged with trafficking heroin worth Ksh1.3 billion to serve life in prison.
The Magistrate Court convicted the seven, including six Pakistanis and one Iranian, who identified as Mohamed Saleh, Yakoob Ibrahim, Saleem Muhammad, Bhatti Abdulghafour, Baksh Moula and Pak Abdolghaffer.
The seven foreigners were sentenced to life imprisonment after a successful prosecution by the Office of The Director Of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The Magistrate also ordered each of the seven convicts to pay Ksh3.96 billion or serve an additional one year in jail when they default.
Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku at a court session on Friday, March 10, 2023. KENYANS.CO.KE"Prosecution led by SADPP, Alexander Muteti, with SPC, Peris Bosibori, proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt after presenting 34 witnesses in the trial," ODPP posted on Twitter.
In the historic judgment, Magistrate Mutuku explained that the convicts were fined three times the value of the heroin.
The magistrate lamented that drug abuse had wasted many lives, especially those of young people who would have been productive to the economy.
Mutuku warned that the great impact of heroin on the country, more so, the devasting effect on the Coastal town of Mombasa, could not be ignored.
When tested at government laboratories, scientists established that the quantity and value of the heroin seized would have had devastating consequences on the population.
She also noted that the transnational nature of the crime had been factored into her judgment, noting that the convicts were a danger to society.
In the adjudication of the case, ODPP adduced evidence that confirmed that the Pakistanis and one Iranian had deliberately engaged in criminal conduct hence endangering future generations.
The ODPP expressed elation at the judgment and warned that anyone taking part in such crimes will meet the same consequences.
A group of drug trafficking convicts at Mombasa Magistrate Court on Friday, March 10, 2023. KENYANS.CO.KE
