The United States Embassy has announced the arrest of one of the Narcotics and Wildlife Trafficking suspect who had a 1-million-dollar bounty on his head.
According to Chargé d’Affaires Eric Kneedler, Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh was arrested following a tip-off from the public received by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and is in police custody in Nairobi.
Kneedler pointed out that the information leading to his capture came in response to last Thursday’s announcement of rewards seeking information leading to the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Saleh and Abdi Hussein Ahmed
Kneedler said the source of the information will remain anonymous for their protection.
He indicated that the U.S. Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program provides rewards for wanted individuals upon their successful conviction.
The United States has issued a bounty of up to 1 million dollars each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two Kenyan fugitives.
They were wanted for their alleged involvement in an international organized criminal network that trafficked wildlife from African countries and sought to traffic illicit drugs to the United States.