THE CRAZY STORY OF THE ARTUR BROTHERS

Mercenaries hired to extract Ksh 6 BILLION cocaine from police custody | PART 1

Kenya, early 2000s.

A time when cocaine was worth more than lives, and power spoke louder than law.

In 2004, police stumbled onto the biggest drug bust in Kenyan history —

1.1 TONNES of cocaine, estimated street value: Ksh 6 BILLION.

Sio joke. Hii ni pesa ya kubuy counties.

The drugs were seized from:

- A Malindi beachfront home

- An Embakasi godown

Once seized, the coke was airlifted by chopper to a heavily guarded GSU facility.

Maximum security. Tight kuliko State House pantry.

And the KEY to the storage room?

That responsibility was handed to one man -

Top cop Erastus Chemorei.

Guard this key with your life, they said.

Ironically… that’s exactly what happened.

THE OWNERS VANISH

Police arrested the registered owners of the Malindi house — an Italian couple.

Problem?

The real tenants were MIA.

They had vanished hours before the raid.

No forwarding address.

No goodbye.

Just vibes za “we know what’s coming.”

SLEUTHS GO EUROPE

Fast forward to 1st January 2006.

CID boss Joseph Kamau leads a delegation to Europe:

- Spain — where the cocaine boat originated

- Holland — where suspect George Kiragu had been arrested

On paper, investigations were moving.

On the ground?

🐍

Back home, Kenyans demanded a public trial.

But then…

The then DPP Phillip Murgor drops a bomb:

“I’m not impressed with how police are handling this case.”

He smells rot.

Big, powerful rot.

THE KEY HOLDER DIES

Then shit goes fully left.

On 19th February 2005,

Erastus Chemorei — the man guarding the cocaine key —

Is killed at his Kitale home.

By who?

FIFTY (50) POLICE OFFICERS.

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