Two charged over Sh327,510 heroin in Mombasa

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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has charged a 20-year-old man, Amir Latif, and a 17-year-old girl over alleged trafficking of 109.17 grams of heroin valued at Sh327,510 in Mombasa.

The two appeared before Resident Magistrate Green Odera and were charged under Section 4(a)(ii) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, as amended in 2022. They pleaded not guilty.

Principal Prosecution Counsel Purity Musembi asked the court to impose strict bond terms, citing the seriousness of the offence and the need to protect the public from drug trafficking.

The court released Latif on a Sh1 million bond with a surety of a similar amount.

He was also ordered to surrender his passport and barred from leaving the court’s jurisdiction pending trial.

Bond was denied for the minor after an age assessment confirmed she is 17.

She has been remanded at Likoni Children’s Remand Home and will be placed under the Children’s Department for rehabilitation and reintegration.

A social inquiry report presented in court indicated the girl had been living with Latif after leaving her parents’ home three years ago.

Pretrial proceedings are set for March 17, 2026.