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Kenyan’s arrest a ‘warning to drug dealers’

/ 12:20 PM October 02, 2011

THE arrest of the Kenyan woman caught at the Mactan airport with shabu in her suitcase is a strong signal to drug traffickers who see the province as a transshipment point for their illegal trade.

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama commended the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and other law enforcement agencies for the arrest of 24-year-old  Asha Atieno Ogutu  and the confiscation of three kilos of shabu in her luggage.

Ogutu, who flew in from Doha, Qatar, was travelling alone.

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The NBI said they believe she was a courier of a drug syndicate they have been tracking.

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She is now  under NBI custody. No visitors came to see her since her arrest.

A complaint for transporting illegal drugs was filed against her at the Lapu Lapu City Prosecutors Office last Friday.

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Ogutu denied ownership of the shabu and said she was a dealer of fruits in her native country.

If proven to have violated  the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Ogutu faces life imprisonment and a fine ranging from half a million pesos to P10 million. The offense is nonbailable. Doris C. Bongcac and  Ador Vincent Mayol

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