Two Nigerians have been arrested by officers from the Anti-Narcotics Police Unit in Mombasa found with 1.5kg of heroin estimated to be worth Sh4.5 million on Friday morning. The arrests followed a raid in an apartment in Nyali, Kenya.

Mr Chukwu James and Ms Gageche Gold Patience were arrested as they were packing the drugs in readiness for a trip to Brussels in the morning.

Police say the couple had concealed the narcotics in a suitcase and was destined for Brussels.

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Sources told Nation that the drugs are suspected to have originated from Tanzania.

The police are expected to issue a formal statement later in the day.