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Kenya Navy destroys luxury yacht ferrying Sh22 million drugs

A drug-laden yatch, Baby Iris, goes up in smoke in the Indian Ocean after it was destroyed by the Kenya Navy in Mombasa on Friday. The luxury yatch was destroyed using explosives after it was found to contain drugs worth Sh22 million. (PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD)

The Kenya Navy blew up a Singapore-registered luxury yacht off the Coast laden with narcotics in Kilifi County, Friday.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery warned that authorities will be ruthless with drug traffickers and their crafts or implements.

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