Friday was the second day of the trial for the British sugar importer who is accused of smuggling more than 99kg (220lb) of cocaine worth Shs. 20,540,119,710 ($5.8m) into Kenya inside a container of Brazilian sugar destined for Uganda.
Jack Marrian, 31, denies the charges.
The court relocated to the headquarters of police’s Department of Criminal Investigations in order to see the packages of cocaine found at Mombasa port in late July.
Spanish police and the US Drug Enforcement Administration, which tipped-off Kenyan authorities, believe the drugs were intended for the European market but something went wrong en route and they were not off-loaded in Spain as planned.
The shipment was headed for Mr Marrian’s company, Bugolobi-based Mshale Commodities. He is also a director of another Ugandan registered company, Kilombero Sugar Company having dealt in the local sugar industry for more than eight years.
Uganda is a lucrative ground for dumping cheap sugar due to its high cost production that makes smugglers to cut lucrative deals in the sugar sector.
