1,540 slabs of hashish seized and suspect arrested in Mombasa ambush
Police watching a rented house in Shanzu, Mombasa, arrested Mohamed Ghani Taib in an ambush in the early hours of 15 March 2000 and seized 1,540 slabs of cannabis resin stored inside. The haul was the second of two Mombasa consignments totalling over six tons that year.
Police watching a rented house in Shanzu, Mombasa, arrested Mohamed Ghani Taib in an ambush in
the early hours of 15 March 2000 and seized 1,540 slabs of cannabis resin stored in its rooms.[1]Officers had stationed themselves inside after an informer pointed to the house, and they took Taib
away when he arrived and confirmed his identity; scenes-of-crime officers photographed the sacks
before they were removed for analysis.[1]Government analysts confirmed the contents were
cannabis resin, commonly known as hashish.[1]
Taib was convicted of trafficking and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and his appeal was dismissed
on 5 January 2007; a co-accused convicted at trial was acquitted on appeal.[1]The International
Narcotics Control Board lists the seizure as the second of two Mombasa consignments totalling over
six tons taken in January and March 2000.[2]
Case data
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The charge sheet valued the 1,540 slabs at 123 million Kenyan shillings, but the trial magistrate found the value was not established by evidence, so no value is recorded.
The opened judgment does not give a kilogram weight for the 1,540 slabs.
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