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Judgement for Pakistanis and an Iranian in Sh1.3b heroin postponed for a month

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From our archives: Pakistan nationals (all standing) at a Mombasa Court on Tuesday 6th October 2020, where they are charged with trafficking 377.2 kilograms of heroin and 2,400 litres of diesel mixed with heroin worth Sh1.3 billion. Their judgement has been postponed for a month. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The judgment of the six Pakistanis and an Iranian charged with trafficking heroin worth Sh1.3 billion will wait for a month until the ship assistant captain gets well.

The Pakistanis have been in Shimo la Tewa Prison since 2014 after their ship Armin Darya was intercepted on the high seas by American forces.

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