Kenyan police seized 454 kilos of narcotics valued at some 3,600 million Kenyan shillings (about €24.8 million) on the coast of Kenya today announced the Kenyan authorities.
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09/11/2026
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Lusa
A Kenyan police seized 454 kilos of narcotics estimated at some 3,600 million Kenyan shillings (about €24.8 million) on the coast of Kenya today announced the Kenyan authorities.
The operation against international drug trafficking networks took place in Kwale County (southeast) on the Tanzanian border and allowed the arrest of four suspects, according to the Kenyan National Police Service (NPS) in a statement released by local media.
The NPS did not specify what kind of drugs were seized, although it is suspected that it may be methamphetamine.
The investigation began after the Tanzanian authorities arrested on 5 November a suspect in possession of narcotics and subsequently handed him over to the Kenyan police at the Lunga Lunga-Horohoro border post, the main land crossing point in the coastal region between Kenya and Tanzania.
After being questioned, the suspect led the investigators to a dwelling in the Kenyan village of Shirazi, in the coastal subcondite of Msambweni (southeast), which was related to a second alleged member of the network.
Investigations later led the agents to the locality of Ganja La Simba, also in Msambweni, where they searched another property and found 454 kilos of narcotics.
The officers also seized two vehicles and a motorcycle during the operation, while the four suspects remain in police custody and the investigation is ongoing.
“ We will ensure that Kenya is neither a destination nor a transit centre for illicit drugs,” said the police, who highlighted the cooperation of Tanzanian authorities in combating cross-border drug trafficking networks.
According to the local press, there are two Tanzanian citizens and one Ugandan woman, while the authorities have not yet revealed the identity of the fourth suspect.
The operation takes place just over a month after Kenyan authorities destroyed more than a ton of methamphetamine, estimated at 8,200 million shillings (about 55.5 million euros), which had been intercepted by the Navy in October 2025, about 630 kilometres east of the coastal city of Mombasa (southeast).
In this case, six Iranian citizens were arrested, who are still being tried in a court in Mombasa for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking.