Witness: Seized Iranian ship MV Amin Darya cargo wasn't drugs

Lawyer Cliff Ombeta (right) at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on July 2016, with some of the nine suspects who were arrested with seized ship that was carrying 377kgs of heroine. One witness testified during the hearing of the case as Lawyer Ombeta resumed to represent the suspects. (PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/ STANDARD)

None of the 10 samples taken from Iranian ship MV Amin Darya tested positive for narcotics, a court has heard.

A witness told a Mombasa court that the samples he took randomly from 10 of the 250 bags seized on the ship in July 2014 tested positive for gypsum, which he said was a legal component of cement.