Man Caught At JKIA With Drugs Has Been Fine Ksh.20M And Sentenced For 20yrs

A German national was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay Ksh 20 million by a Nairobi court for narcotics trafficking.

The accused, Rommenswinkel Dieter, came before a judge at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, according to a report released by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Wednesday (JKIA).

Dieter was discovered in possession of the drugs, which were worth Ksh 8.34 million, according to Chief Magistrate Lukas Onyina.

“Court at the JKIA has sentenced, Rommenswinkel Dieter, a German national, to 20 years imprisonment & pay Sh20M fine for trafficking 2,782.3g of narcotics worth Ksh.8.34M,” read the statement.

The prosecution’s case was determined to be beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the DPP, and the judge handed down the aforementioned sentence.