Who will pocket Ksh116M bounty after fugitive’s arrest? (Kenya)
Margaret Kalekye, KBC
June 1, 2022
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Kenyans are eagerly waiting to know who will bag the Ksh 116M bounty
offered by the US government following the arrest of Badru Abdul Aziz
Saleh, a Kenyan national wanted for narcotics and wildlife trafficking.
The fugitive was arrested Tuesday following a multiagency effort by US and
Kenyan sleuths, four days after the US Department of State announced a
record Ksh233M reward for Saleh and his accomplice Abdi Hussein Ahmed, who
is still at large.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the
informant tipped off the detectives regarding the fugitive’s whereabouts,
days after the joint briefing at DCI headquarters.
Authorities have assured the money will be paid to the ‘lucky’ person
responsible for the arrest but will remain under wraps for security reasons.
Badru is currently in police custody as efforts to trace his accomplice
remain in top gear.
“His arrest is as a result of our outstanding relationship with members of
the public who provided information regarding the fugitive’s whereabouts,
days after the joint briefing at DCI headquarters. We continue to thank the
public for partnering with us in the fight against crime and call upon
anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the remaining suspect
Abdi Hussein Ahmed to report via our secure anonymous toll-free line 0800
722 203 or the U.S embassy in Nairobi on +18443978477” the DCI said on its
official Twitter handle.
According to a U.S. federal indictment in 2018 and 2019, Saleh and others
who were identified during a wildlife trafficking investigation conspired
to distribute at least 10 kilograms of heroin to a buyer located in New
York.
After several meetings, Saleh and his co-conspirators delivered the first
kilogram of heroin to a buyer in Nairobi, Kenya. According to the
indictment, in June 2019, Saleh fled from law enforcement, along with his
co-conspirators, before completing the remaining heroin transaction.
He was subsequently arrested by DCI detectives for drug trafficking in
Kenya on July 11, 2019, and arraigned at the Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport Law Courts, a day after.
During Saleh’s judicial process in the country, he was released on
Ksh200,000 bail.
Saleh disappeared and became a fugitive, with a warrant for his arrest
being issued.
In June 2021, following a joint investigation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a federal
grand jury in the Southern District of New York returned an indictment
charging Saleh and other conspirators with conspiracy to distribute and
possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, which
carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment.
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