Female Nigerian Drug dealer arrested and sentenced to jail in Kenya

 

  

A multi-agency security team on Friday arrested a Nigerian woman described as Nairobi’s drug queen and recruiter. Ms. Elizabeth Akinyi Mboga was found in possession of two kilogrammes of heroin valued at Sh3 million, passports and e-tickets said to belong to various drug couriers associated with her. Accused disown bag with heroin Mboga is reported to prey on young men and women desperate for employment, targeting them for recruitment on behalf of Nigerian drug cartels based in Kenya, Nigeria, India, Tanzania and Ethiopia. She established her Nigerian connection when she worked for Antony Chinedu before he was deported in 2013. According to police, she thereafter gained courage and established her own network distributing heroin in the domestic market and sending couriers to collect cocaine from Addis Ababa destined for the Asian, Arab and European markets like India, Thailand, Dubai and Netherlands. Mrs Akinyi Mboga migrated from Ogun state Nigeria to  Addis Ababa in the year 2008  One of her couriers, Wycliffe Were was arrested on August 17, 2018 in New Delhi having ingested drug pellets.
Akinyi Mboga has so far managed to send over 20 drug mules in 2017 and 2018 alone to the aforementioned destinations, some of whom have been arrested. Investigators involved in the operation intend to consolidate the cases in a bid to secure a successful prosecution of the subject. She was taken to custody ahead of her arraignment. Police have intensified operations against drug and human trafficking in the region, arresting dozens of suspects.
He was sentenced to 12 years in jail with hard labour.