How private villas, luxury yachts and fishing sites fuel the drugs menace

Drugs addicts inject themselves at their hide out in Mombasa County recently.PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

Unpoliced fish landing sites, creeks and the many private villas by the shores of the Indian Ocean have made Kilifi County a haven of drug dealers, security officials say.

Officials say barons smuggle the drugs to the shores of Kilifi using yachts and other sea going vessels to sneak in drugs through fish landing sites.