The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji whose reputation has been put on the line withrecent accusatins has responded to claims that he stole Ksh2 million from a trader, Stephen Vicker Mangira, at gunpoint.
“That is a lie…he should be asked what he was doing with Ksh18.5 million, we recovered (it) from him in cash.
“The role I played (on the day of the raid), I was in charge of organised crime, we shared intelligence with the police and that’s how the police managed to recover (the money).
“I’m intelligence, I don’t hold guns around, that’s why the police were there. So if it was anyone to use the gun it was not me,” he clarified.
He further noted that they nabbed a number of drug traders who were in business with Mangira and were deported to Tanzania where they were later charged.
According to lawyer Kmamunde, the businessman, who was initially charged with drug trafficking before the state dropped the charges, Haji broke the NIS Act by purporting to act as a police officer and searching his vehicle without a warrant from a judge.
The court heard that Haji and his group which included the head of the anti-narcotics police unit seized Sh20,600,000 from him but only declared Sh18.5 million.