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Luxury yacht owner denies role in Sh22 million narcotics aboard vessel

Ndeichumia Bilali Kimani, owner of the yacht MV Baby Iris, follows his trial in a Mombasa law court. [File, Standard]

The owner of a yacht that was blown up on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s orders in 2015 has denied any involvement in the trafficking of narcotics worth Sh22 million found aboard the vessel.

Ndechumia Bilali Kimani said in court yesterday that he was out of the country on April 10, 2015 when anti-narcotics police stormed Kilifi Boat Yard where the luxury vessel was moored and arrested five suspects in connection to the drugs.

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