Joseph Kinyanjui Wanjiru who serves time in jail for trafficking in drugs now loses prime property to states
A man convicted drug peddler has lost two prime properties after the High Court ruled that it was acquired using proceeds of crime.
Joseph Kinyanjui Wanjiru, who was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in jail plus a fine of Sh42 million for trafficking in heroine, lost the property in Mirema and another in Ruiru, after Assets Recovery Agency convinced the court to forfeit the house to the state.
High Court Anti-corruption Division Judge Esther Maina said the properties should be forfeited to the state.
The agency told the court that Kinyajui was arrested on the 7th December, 2016 at Mathare Drive-In Estate in Ruaraka and subsequent arraignment in court on 14th December, 2016.
He was charged with the offence of trafficking Narcotic Drugs before JKIA court and the agency subsequ...