Teen TikToker Held at Children’s Remand Home in Heroin Trafficking Trial

Teen TikToker held at Children’s Remand Home in heroin trafficking trial

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 20 — A Mombasa court has denied bond to a 17-year-old TikToker charged alongside a 20-year-old man with trafficking heroin valued at Sh327,510. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said the minor and Amir Latif were arraigned before Resident Magistrate Green Odera and charged under Section 4(a)(ii) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, as amended in 2022. According to prosecutors…

DPP charges Mombasa man, minor TikToker with trafficking heroin.

A 20-year-old man, Amir Latif, alongside a female TikToker were charged with trafficking 109.17 grams of heroin valued at Sh327,510 in Mombasa. The accused appeared before Resident Magistrate Green Odera, facing charges under Section 4(a)(ii) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, as amended in 2022. They pleaded not guilty. Principal Prosecution Counsel Purity Musembi, urged court to impose strict bond conditions, emph…