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Mombasa magistrate acquits two Indian students in Sh1.3 billion narcotic trial

Vikas Balwan (left) and Prabhakara Nair Praveen, the two Indian students who were acquitted on Thursday. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Two Indian students arrested with Sh1.3 billion worth of heroin over three years ago have been acquitted of drug trafficking charges.

Mombasa Chief Magistrate Julius Nang’ea Thursday ruled that the two engineering students aboard MV Bushehr, a ship bearing the Iranian flag, were innocent interns and could not have been aware of the ship's cargo or participated in trafficking the drugs found on board.

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