A Kenyan drug trafficker who was linked to the MV Baby Iris — the ship that was blown up by Kenyan authorities in the Indian Ocean — has been deported from Madagascar and is set to face drug trafficking charges in court.
Ndechumia Bilali Kimali, who fled Kenya in 2015 when he was linked to the drugs found on the ship, arrived in Nairobi at 5.40am today aboard a Kenya Airways flight. He was accompanied by two police officers from Madagascar who handed him to the Kenyan authorities.
Kenya Airports Authority’s CID Chief Joseph Mugwanja warned all criminals engaging in crime and thereafter escaping to other countries, that they would be pursued.
“Let it be known that criminals committing crime in Kenya and running to other countries will be pursued and brought back in the country to face law,” he remarked.
He further added that Kenyan law enforcement agencies were in constant touch with agents outside the country thus criminals would not have anywhere to run to.
“Our law enforcement agencies are in constant collaboration with other agencies outside Kenya to make sure that criminals will not have safe haven in their quest to commit crime in our country or elsewhere,” he asserted.
The ship carrying the drugs valued at Sh22.8 Million was blown up in the high seas in a security operation led by Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery in August 2015.
