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Briton in drugs case out on Sh70m bond

Jack Alexander Wolf in court. A Nairobi court yesterday released the Briton and a Kenyan arrested in connection with 99kg of cocaine impounded in Mombasa. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

A Nairobi court yesterday released a Briton and a Kenyan arrested in connection with 99kg of cocaine impounded in Mombasa.

Jack Alexander Wolf, who according to British newspapers is the grandson of a colonial Cabinet minister, was released on a Sh70 million bond with two sureties. He was remanded at Industrial Area prison pending the processing of his bond. According to the prosecution, Wolf and Kenyan Roy Francis Mwanthi were charged with trafficking narcotics with a street value of about Sh598 million.

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