A Nairobi court will on Thursday rule on whether it will release Mathee wa Ngara and 3 others charged with trafficking drugs worth Sh 18.3 million.
Magistrate Njeri Thuku said Nancy Kigunzu code named as Mathee wa Ngara, Theresia Wanjiru and two others among them a minor be held at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport police station pending the ruling.
It is alleged that the four on August 15 along Kipande road trafficked bhang with a market value of Sh 13.4 million.
They faced another count of being in possession of monies which the state says is proceeds of crime.
The money is the Sh 13.4 million which is now in the custody of the state.
The prosecution opposed their release on bail saying they would poison the society.
In an affidavit, Stephen Chesire the investigating officer said if the accused persons are released, they will abscond court.
He also said they are planning to engage vital witnesses who upon interviewing and recording their statements may lead to more arrests of the accomplices.
"Should they be released, there is a likelihood that they will interfere with the investigations and compilation of evidence," said the state.
But the accused persons led by Lawyer Danstan Omari told the court that they couldn't interfere with witnesses because they were all police officers.
"If the state is admitting that its own officers are going to be compromised, then this country will be a banana republic," Omari said adding that there were no compelling reasons to allow the prosecution's application.
He said the offence is not as serious as murder or treason where such accused persons have been granted bail pending the determination of their cases before the court.
