Kenya has power to try suspects in Sh1.3b narcotics case, court told

From left: Yousuf Yaqoob, Yakoob Ibrahim and Saleem Muhammad at Mombasa Law Courts. [Joackim Bwana, Standard]

Kenyan courts have jurisdiction to try and convict an Iranian and six Pakistani seafarers charged with trafficking heroin worth Sh1.3 billion, according to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The suspects, according to court documents, committed the offence in Mombasa in 2014 before they were arrested.