{
  "id": 746430,
  "title": "Man charged over Ksh114M meth trafficking linked to Ksh8.2B Iranian haul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/man-charged-over-ksh114m-meth-trafficking-linked-to-ksh8-2b-iranian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T07:26:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/man-charged-over-ksh114m-meth-trafficking-linked-to-ksh8-2b-iranian-haul/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A man has been charged before the Mombasa Law Courts over an alleged conspiracy to traffic 14,321 grams of methamphetamine valued at Ksh114.568 million, in a case linked to the Sh8.2 billion drug trafficking case involving six Iranians. Appearing before Mombasa Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate Gladys Olimo, Martin Mugendi Gitonga pleaded not guilty to […] The post Man charged over Ksh114M…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}