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Akasha sons and their accomplices when they appeared at the High Court in Mombasa. (Photo:Kelvin Karani/Standard)
Mombasa: The two sons of Mombasa slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla and their two accomplices were Monday freed on Sh30 million bond each and two Kenyan sureties.
Baktash Akasha, Ibrahim Akasha, Vijay Goswami and Gulam Hussein, who have been in custody since November 11, last year, were freed despite attempts by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) seeking to stop their release on bond during a case seeking to extradite them to the Us.
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