The government has deported four foreigners suspected to be drug barons following their arrest in Mombasa on Saturday.

Multiagency detectives apprehended two South Africans and two Seychellois at an apartment adjacent to Nyali Beach Hotel.

They were identified as Dominguez and Nedy Micock (Seychelles) and Barend Nolte and Marc Faivelewitz (SA).

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The four were flown from Mombasa to the JKIA in Nairobi on Saturday night, for deportation and possible prosecution inSeychelles.

Inspector General of police Joseph Boinnet confirmed their departure.

Source indicated that four were linked to the Akasha brothers and two foreigners who were extradited to the US for allegedly running an international drug trafficking syndicate.

Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha, and foreigners Vijay Goswami (Indian) and Hussein Shabakash (Pakistani) were secretly flown to New York on January31.

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An Italian man who runs several companies in Mombasa and Kilifi was termed key to the arrest of the four.

A US drugs enforcement agency officer said businessman Paolo Basta informed police of the whereabouts of the suspects after he was told he risked being linked to drug trafficking syndicate.

Read more: How Italian Paolo Basta helped arrest Akashas, two foreigners

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Four suspected foreign drug barons deported to Seychelles - The Star, Kenya