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At least eight Nigerians have been deported and several others charged in court for various offences including drug trafficking, cybercrimes and money laundering in the last two weeks.

Detectives disclosed that some of the deported foreigners had relocated to neighbouring countries including Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda where they co-ordinate delivery of drugs into Kenya through the land borders.

Fake passports Among those deported between March 18 and March 21 include Olayiwola Saheed Tunde and Nwosu Prince Chukwuebuka, who was arrested with a counterfeit of one million US dollars, 11 fake Nigerian passports and three fake Kenyan passports.

Also deported are Ajibade Adewale, Nwanonaku Alexander Odirachukwumma, Olayiwola Babatunde Akintomwa, Stephen Chigozie Nwachukwu and Ifaenyi Aginam Cosmos.

According to a report by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the cartels have been thriving through protection from drug barons, politicians, some rogue police officers and other government officials.

Within the same period, drugs worth millions of shillings were also recovered with police warning that the amount of and demand for drugs in the country was fast increasing.

A Kenyan woman and her daughter were also arrested during the operation by the multi-agency team led by the DCI’s Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) at their residence in Nairobi with over 1.5 kilos of heroin with a street value of approximately Sh7.5 million, a weighing scale and assorted packaging material.

Investigations reveal that they are linked to a Nigerian group of drug dealers operating within and outside the country where they get the supplies.

The DCI said another Kenyan, Julius Koromo, was arrested within Ruaka estate while on a drug drop-off mission. He was arraigned on Wednesday last week at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) law courts and was granted a Sh500,000 bond and a surety of the same amount.

His motor vehicle, Honda Fit, was seized as an exhibit.