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Court dismisses DPP application to detain Briton linked to cocaine trafficking

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Nairobi High court has dismissed an application by the prosecution to detain a Briton linked to a cocaine haul worth over half a billion shillings seized at the Coast.

Justice Luka Kimaru while dismissing the application said the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Keriako Tobiko failed to produce enough reasons to detain Jack Marrian and a Kenyan Roy Francis Mwanthi.

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