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‪Mombasa Principal Magistrate Edgar Kagoni Arrested Over The Sh30M Heroin Case‬

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5 years ago

September 7, 2019

DPP Haji and DCI Kinoti.

DCI detectives have arrested DCI officers arrest Mombasa Principal Magistrate Edgar Kagoni, 3 other officials for allegedly mishandling 10kg Heroin exhibit worth Sh3m.

In a statement from the DCI, the principal magistrate recklessly handled Exhibits that led to the Loss of approx. 10 Kgs of Heroin valued at Ksh. 30M & Cash of various currencies valued at over Ksh. 600K.

The incident occurred in July 2018 at Mombasa Law Courts. Those arrested :-

Hon. Edgar Matsigulu Kagoni~Principal Magistrate

Mr. Abdalla Awadh Abubakar~Executive Ass. Mbsa.

Mr. Lawrence Thoya Bayan~Staff.

Mr. Onesmus Momanyi~Court Assistant,Ruiru.

All are in police custody and will spend the weekend as guests of state. Charges preferred on them; Obstruction with Intent to defeat Justice and Aiding and Abetting Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs.

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