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Pakistani gold merchant who provided info to five agencies
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File photo of Asif Hafeez with Indian star Shah Rukh Khan.
LONDON: Fresh court documents reveal Pakistani national Asif Hafeez wanted by the US over narco smuggling has acted as informer to several anti-drug authorities of America, Britain, Pakistan, and United Arab Emirates and also United Nations.
Hafeez is currently imprisoned at the Belmarsh prison awaiting decision of his extradition order to America from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Documents seen by The News suggest prior to his arrest Hafeez provided extensive cooperation to American Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents, and also received four letters of praise from the British government.
THE STANDARD By
Willis Oketch |
January 28th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The home of the Akasha s family in Nyali, Mombasa County where their father, Ibrahim Akasha was buried. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
The State now wants to seize the multi-million palatial home of slain drug baron Ibrahim Abdhallah Akasha in Nyali, Mombasa, which it has classified as proceeds of crime.
In a letter to the Asset Recovery Agency dated September 29, 2020 Director of Anti-Narcotic Police Unit Dr Hamisi Massa said the beach house in Nyali should be forfeited to the State. Massa claims the property belongs to the two sons of the patriarch, Baktash Akasha and Ibrahim Akasha, convicted by a US court for trading in narcotics. The senior Akasha was shot dead on May 5, 2000 at at Red Light Amsterdam.