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Cocaine highway: JKIA at the heart of international drug smuggling

By By Francis OntomwaOctober 3, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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Da Mata Dos Santos at JKIA, Nairobi, on May 13, 2025. He was arrested at Heathrow Airport after he was found in possession of cocaine [Courtesy]

From a general outlook, nothing betrayed the quiet of Tuesday night, May 13, at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

By all standards, it looked an ordinary evening, with families embracing at the departure halls, trolleys humming across polished floors, crowds moving with usual ease as vehicles snaked in and out of the terminals. It looked every bit the perfect, uneventful night at East Africa’s busiest gateway.

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