Powerful drug barons have hatched a scheme to discredit the police in the Sh6 billion cocaine haul case, the Director of Public Prosecutions said yesterday.

Mr Keriako Tobiko said the barons were using politicians to try and divert the public's attention from the case.

Speaking after opening a refresher course for 20 public prosecutors in Nairobi, the DPP said a statement by police commissioner Hussein Ali on Sunday to the effect that the haul was intact should end the debate.

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