Police seize cocaine valued at Sh400 million at Mombasa port

Some of the containers at the Port Police station yard within the port of Mombasa on July 29, 2016. Four containers were suspected to be loaded with cocaine worth Sh360 million, police said they were to be opened on Saturday. [PHOTO:GIDEON MAUNDU/SANDARD]

MOMBASA: A contingent of police officers Friday cordoned off Mombasa port police station after what police sources said was cocaine worth Sh400 million was discovered stashed containers.

A combined team of regular police and those from the anti-narcotics unit then began the verification exercise of four containers to verify the narcotics.