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Secrecy was deemed vital in a region known for its corruption. The policemen were banned from using their mobile phones and the names of the men they wanted were kept from them until two hours before the raid. The target was a mansion in the wealthy beach suburb of Nyali. One evening last November, a handful of policemen in Kenya's sweltering port city of Mombasa were handpicked to help in the final stages of a US-led drugs sting that spanned three continents. But a spate of seizures along the Kenyan and Tanzanian coastline over the past few years points to a switch to a "southern route" via Africa.īritain, which estimates it is the destination for about 20 percent of the heroin shipped through east Africa, has also stepped up its presence in the region. Most Europe-bound Afghan heroin still goes through the established ‘Balkan route’ via Iran and southeast Europe. To help control drug trafficking, Western law enforcement agencies are also stepping up operations in east Africa and countries closer to Afghanistan. MOMBASA - The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) says it plans to re-open its office in Karachi to work with DEA agents in Nairobi and with Pakistani authorities.
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