Three men were Tuesday charged with dealing in aloe gum valued at Sh15 million.
At the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
courts, the Prosecution Counsel led by Paula Rono told the court authorities
found Adan Adaw Abdullah, Ahmed Yusuf Abdurahiman and Chode Cheme Chode with 15
tons of aloe gum.
She explained that the accused were
arrested on April 13, 2025, at the Merti junction road block along the
Marsabit-Isiolo Highway in Samburu County.
They were found in possession of aloe gum while aboard a lorry with a street value of Sh15 million without a valid permit.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Njeri Thuku.
The accused will be remanded at the Industrial Area Prison pending a pre-bail report, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said.
The case will be mentioned on May 24, 2025.
Elsewhere, two students were charged at Kahawa Law Courts in Nairobi after they were found running fictitious social media accounts purporting to be the official accounts of high-ranking government officials, with intent to defraud Kenyans.
Varsity student Tony Blair Okello and his
accomplice Tyson Odhiambo Otieno were arrested at the Tuuti and Namachanja areas of
Bungoma County, respectively.
By opening fictitious accounts through which unsuspecting victims were defrauded, investigators found the two in contravention of Section 28 of the Computer Misuse Act (offence of cyber squatting) and Section 393 of the penal code (conspiracy to commit a felony).
The investigation established that Tyson, a tech-savvy person, has been opening numerous accounts, which he then sells to other persons after training them on how to run the scamming venture.
In the case presented in court, Tony Blair is one such student of Tyson, who has been impersonating the Principal Secretary Interior, Dr. Raymond Omollo. The two were released on a Sh35,000 cash bail, with the case coming up for mention on April 28.
Police investigations show cyber-related cases are on the rise.
A special team based at the DCI headquarters is pursuing the cases.
