How Notorious W.African drug lords are using JKIA and girls to traffick narcotics

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In 2031, a diplomatic war between Nigeria and Kenya simmered after the West African giant detained a chartered plane used to deport notorious drug dealer Chinedu and others at the Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos.

Kenya police, state officials and the crew that accompanied the deportees were also still stuck in Nigeria by the time of going to press.

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The recent heroin burst at the JKIA in one week by anti-narcotics has awoken the memories of the notorious deals and tricks used by the West African drug dealers.

On Tuesday afternoon, detectives based at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport acted swiftly upon receiving information about drugs on Transit.

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A search was conducted on the consignment leading to the confiscation of Narcotic drugs(Heroin) concealed in HIV-1/2 sachets.

This comes after another load of drugs was found last week concealed in boxes of Lip Gloss totaling to 48 pieces. The consignment was registered to be airlifted from Nairobi to Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

During the same week a separate consignment approximately 12 kilograms, concealed in two radio speakers and declared as traditional baskets and sandals were confiscated by Detectives based at the airport. The consignment which was destined for Monrovia-Liberia was delivered for export by a clearing agent.

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has in recent months raised the alarm on the rising power of drug cartels in West African countries, with links to the more potent Colombian and Mexican syndicates.

The West African cartels are thought to have expanded their reach to East Africa over the years. Kenya has specially provided a hub for their operations, with the help of corrupt security officers and politicians.

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The West Africans and their Latin American counterparts usually target the Asian and European markets but are also thought to be responsible for the emergence of cocaine trafficking and abuse in East Africa, which is a transit route.

In 2013, Kenyan police sources believed that the cartels may have influenced the detention of the plane in Nigeria.

West Africa, key transit point for drug trafficking —INCB Report https://t.co/LAqe0F24tG— Nigerian Tribune (@nigeriantribune) March 2, 2016


Even as the government cracks the whip on suspected foreign drug barons, their internal and external networks remain intact.
The Nairobi-based foreign drug barons — who mostly live and own property in upmarket estates like Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Lavington and Riverside — are adept at the art of seduction, luring young beautiful Kenyan women to act as mules (individuals used to carry drugs) in a mix of business and pleasure.

The Kenyan women mostly targeted are students, airhostesses, models and high-end prostitutes. Some are married to the drug barons and junior members of the cartels while others are their girlfriends, who are co-opted into the highly secretive and intricate syndicates. Less influential members of the cartels are also said to be increasingly renting houses in South C and South B.

Some of the suspected drug barons in Nairobi are known to frequent various entertainment joints, often accompanied by bodyguards and beautiful women. In two establishments on Koinange Street, the kingpins and their hangers-on usually buy expensive drinks by the bottle and fill the tables with beer.

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They are loud and arrogant, and can never be touched by bouncers, no matter what they do. Some even hold licensed guns.
According to a security officer, it is almost impossible to link the drug lords to the business since they have perfected so well the art of covering their tracks. They indeed do not even touch the drugs.

Accordibng to source, who has been involved in many drug busts at the airport, said a majority of those caught are innocent Kenyan unknowingly recruited as traffickers or couriers.
For now, it appears some barons have gone into hiding as they wait for things to cool off, and are supposedly fully briefed about the government moves against them Their active networks, however, remain a threat.

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