Port workers, security officers and crew members supervise the offloading of cargo suspected to be drugs from the vessel MV Al Noor at the port of Mombasa on July 3, 2014. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Military helicopters circled around the Kenya Navy war ship KNS Jasiri from where navy officers coordinated the operation.
Smoke billowed from the explosion, which died within a minute. The area of the detonation is about 10 miles to the nearest point of land.
The ship that brought in close to 400 kilogrammes of heroin in Mombasa was destroyed Friday afternoon together with its deadly cargo.
In the Kenya Navy-led operation that was witnessed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and top security and anti-narcotics officials, the ship was sunk into the sea with 370.8kg of heroin worth about Sh1.3 billion.
