4,715 kg of hashish seized from Mombasa rental house
Police recovered 4,715 kilograms of cannabis resin stored in a rented house on Links Road, Nyali, on 26 January 2000 after an informer tip about contraband from the port. It was one of two Mombasa consignments totalling over six tons taken that January and March.
On 26 January 2000, police recovered yellow sacks stored in a bedroom of a rented house on Links
Road, Nyali, acting on information Mohamed Ghani Taib had brought to officers two days earlier
about contraband from the port.[1]The sacks were taken to Bamburi Police Station, counted and
sealed, and government analysts confirmed the contents were cannabis resin, commonly known as
hashish, weighing 4,715 kilograms in total.[1]
Taib, who said he was a police informer following a tip about stolen port goods, was convicted of
trafficking the stash and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and the High Court dismissed his appeal
on 5 January 2007.[1]The International Narcotics Control Board lists the seizure as one of two
Mombasa consignments totalling over six tons taken in January and March 2000.[2]
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