United States anti-narcotics detectives orchestrated the arrest of a Kenyan drug trafficker who was linked to the infamous MV Baby Iris ship that was blown up by Kenyan authorities in the Indian Ocean after it was nabbed ferrying heroin worth Sh29 Million.
The detectives worked closely with Madagascar’s anti-narcotic agency, who had trailed the suspect, Ndechumia Bilali Kimali, for two years since he escaped from Kenya.
“His arrest is part of the multi-national cooperation involving the Drug Enforcement Agency of the United States, Interpol and anti-narcotic officers from different countries behind the global war on drugs and terrorism,” Head of anti-narcotics Hamis Massa stated.
Bilali fled Kenya in 2015 after he was linked to the drugs found on the Baby Iris ship that was destroyed by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) 20 miles off the Coast.
When the yacht was seized, five suspects were arrested, but Kimali escaped. The five, including the vessel’s pilot, Clement Serge of Seychelles (a British tycoon) and four Kenyans - Ahmed Said, Mohammed Bakari, Sharrif Mzee and Ahmed Hussein – were charged with trafficking drugs in April 2015.
Mr Bilali was deported from Madagascar.
He arrived in Nairobi aboard a Kenya Airways flight and was accompanied by two police officers from Madagascar.
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