This archive report was first published on 4 December 2019.
On Wednesday, a lorry driver was charged in a Mandera court with transporting contraband goods worth Sh2.2 million, as of the December 4, 2019, court proceedings.
The driver, Mr Abdikadir Dubow, pleaded guilty and admitted to being arrested by police in Elwak town in Mandera South. He revealed that he was found ferrying goods from Somalia to Wajir.
During the arrest, the police found 871 bags (25kgs each) of sugar, 50 cartons of powder milk, 150 boxes of spaghetti, and 20 bags (25kgs each) of rice in his possession. Additionally, he was found transporting 200 jerricans (20 litres each) of cooking oil.
Mr Dubow will be sentenced on Friday after the prosecution requested more time to transport the exhibits from Elwak Police Station.
Separately, a police reservist and his accomplice denied trafficking narcotics in the same court. Mr Hussein Mohamud Ibrahim and Ms Khadija Hassan Issack denied the offence before Mandera Principle Magistrate Peter Areri.
They were jointly charged with trafficking bhang with a street value of Sh150,000 on December 2, at Bula Buruburu in Mandera town. They were released on Sh150,000 bond with a surety or cash bail of Sh50,000 each and the case will be heard on January 8.
