Net closes on suspected global narcotics ring

Kenyan police are searching the Momabasa property of wealthy businessman Ali Punjani as part of an ongoing drug-trafficking investigation that began in the US. Three people have been arrested at the property, including a Nepalese woman who says she is Punjani's wife. Punjani is one of four people – including Kenyan brothers Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha – facing drug trafficking charges in New York. BBC News reports that the fourth man, Vijay Goswami, identified Punjani as an alleged rival drug dealer in Mombasa. The Akasha brothers pleaded guilty last year to several drug violations, including a conspiracy to smuggle over 100kg of heroin and methamphetamine into the US.

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