\u00a0<\/p>\n Pak Abdolghaffar in a Mombasa court yesterday where he is facing charges of trafficking 377.2kg of heroin and 2,400 litres of diesel mixed with heroin worth Sh1.3b.<\/strong> [Kelvin Karani, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n A ship\u2019s crew member who has been charged with trafficking drugs worth Sh1.3 billion in 2014 has denied recruiting his colleagues into the syndicate. <\/p>\n The ship,\u00a0Bushehr Amin\u00a0Darya, which was suspected to have been carrying 377.2kg of heroin, was blown up in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean in 2014. Pak Abdolghaffar, who has been charged alongside nine other suspects, denied being a recruiting agent when he appeared before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku.\n<\/p>\n While being cross-examined by prosecution counsel Alexander Muteti during a defence hearing on Tuesday, Mr Pak denied recruiting the Pakistani nationals who were aboard the vessel that was also reported to have been carrying 2,400 litres of diesel mixed with heroin. He told the court he met the Pakistanis the day he boarded the ship. The ship, he said, had been planned to go to Dubai then Somalia and denied knowing the ship\u2019s other crew members before the journey.<\/p>\n Pak also denied a claim by the prosecution that his brother was also an agent who was involved in the recruitment of part of the crew members into the trafficking ring. He, however, refused to spell the name of the agent who gave him the job.\n<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spqzp7t7xktk0anmhat61fad3c2059bf.jpg\")
<\/div>