Two Nigerians arrested with 1.5kg heroin in Kenya [photos]

The Anti-narcotics Division of Kenya Police has arrested two Nigerian nationals with 1.5kg of heroin with a street value of Sh4.5 million (N14m) in Nyali, Mombasa. 

The two, Chukwu James and Gageche Gold Patience were nabbed Friday morning during a raid at the apartment in the posh Estate.

According to the officers, the suspects were found packing the drugs in readiness for a trip to Brussels, Belgium. The drugs, the officers said, had been hidden in a suitcase.

Sources also revealed that the narcotics had been supplied from Tanzania, a neighboring country to Kenya.

The two will be arraigned in court once an investigation is complete.