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Zaidi ya raia 77 wa Tanzania jana wamefikishwa Mahakamani nchini Kenya na kushtakiwa kwa kosa la kuingia mipaka ya Taifa la Kenya kinyume cha Sheria.
Washtakiwa hao waliokamatwa mwishoni mwa Wiki, mapema ilidaiwa kwamba walikuwa ni majasusi kutoka nchini Tanzania.
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Washtakiwa hao waliokamatwa mwishoni mwa Wiki, mapema ilidaiwa kwamba walikuwa ni majasusi kutoka nchini Tanzania.
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The Kenyan police yesterday arrested 105 men out at sea off the Kenyan coast suspected of spying on key security operations sections in the Indian Ocean.
Francis Wanjohi, the Kenyan Coast region police commander said the suspects, who included 77 Tanzanians and 28 Kenyans, were arrested within Kenya Navy operational waters without valid papers.
According to military sources, the area is gazetted as an operational area for military activity and coordination of both Navy and police activity.
"It's a no-go-zone area for members of the public, we are investigating how they were able to access the area. It's a major security breach," said a senior Navy officer.
Police yesterday identified the captain of the boat as Gavin Musyoka, a Kenyan.
Addressing the media at police headquarters, Wanjohi said a special team has completed profiling the 105 and they will be charged for being in the country illegally and unlawfully engaging in fishing.
Kenyan security agents have detained four boats at Mtwapa Creek that the 105 were allegedly using for fishing.
Wanjohi said Kenya Navy officers were on routine patrol when they spotted the stateless boats and ambushed their crews on Saturday night.
Wanjohi said anti-terrorism police officers and other security agents drawn from a multiagency team appointed to probe the suspects are yet to connect them to terrorism activity.
"We have already contacted the Tanzanian ambassador to assist in verifying their documents. We seek to have the suspects in our custody to enable us to investigate their real identities and their intentions," said Wanjohi.
He said the suspects are likely to stand trial for contravening the Immigration and Fisheries acts.
The arrests came a day after security officers said they have enhanced vigilance after intelligence reports indicated an impending terror attack by al Shabaab affiliate group Jeysh Ayman in the coastal region.
Wanjohi said patrols along the Kenya-Somalia border have been enhanced to deal with al Shabaab threats in the region.
The militant group was flushed out of the vast Boni Forest in Lamu in a Kenya Defence Force-led operation that has greatly minimized the al Shabaab threat in the Coast.
Source: PesaTimes