Alex Kiarie, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Cocaine worth over US$1 million was seized at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport over the weekend in Kenya. A female suspect who claimed to be working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is being held for questioning.
She had papers in her possession that identified her as a senior employee of United Nations Development Programme-UNDP, and the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Her passport particulars indicated that she had travelled to Brazil from Peru, before connecting flights to South Africa then Kenya. The 40 year old woman was travelling to Uganda.
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