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Cocaine highway: How JKIA has been exposed as transit for global drugs trade

Da Mata Dos Santos at JKIA, Nairobi, on May 13, 2025. He was arrested at Heathrow Airport after he was found in possession of cocaine [Courtesy]

From a general outlook, nothing betrayed the quiet of Tuesday night, May 13, at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

By all standards, it looked an ordinary evening, with families embracing at the departure halls, trolleys humming across polished floors, crowds moving with usual ease as vehicles snaked in and out of the terminals. It looked every bit the perfect, uneventful night at East Africa’s busiest gateway.

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