{UAH} Investigators admit British aristocrat's son who went to school with Kate Middleton and is facing life in Kenyan jail over £4.5million cocaine shipment 'knew nothing about the drugs'

Investigators admit British aristocrat's son who went to school with Kate Middleton and is facing life in Kenyan jail over £4.5million cocaine shipment 'knew nothing about the drugs' 

• Jack Marrian, 31,  was arrested in Kenya accused of trafficking cocaine 
• Came after police seized £4.5million worth of the drug in sugar shipment
• Investigators believe the stash should have been picked up in Valencia 
• It's thought the smugglers failed and the cocaine was not picked up

By GARETH DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 09:23 GMT, 10 September 2016 | UPDATED: 17:41 GMT, 10 September 2016

 
 
 
 
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The son of a British aristocrat is facing a lifetime in Kenyan prison over a drugs haul he knew nothing about, according to investigators. 

Jack Marrian, 31, a sugar trader, was charged after police in the eastern port city of Mombasa seized 100 kilos of cocaine hidden in a sugar consignment ordered by his firm.

But U.S and Spanish investigators, who have tipped off Kenyan police, claim the drugs should have been picked up in Spain using a smuggling technique mastered by Columbian cartels. 

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Jack Marrian, 31, a sugar trader, pictured today, was charged last week after police in the eastern port city of Mombasa seized 100 kilos of cocaine hidden in a sugar consignment ordered by his firm

Mr Marrian, who was three years younger than the Dutchess of Cambridge at £30,000-a-year Marlborough College, is on bail awaiting trial over the shipment from Brazil.

 An organised crime unit officer in Spain told The Times it should have been offloaded in Valencia and picked up by smugglers, but the operation failed.

'They do it without the knowledge of the companies transporting these goods.

'It has been popular method used by Colombian cartels

'We do not have a clear idea of who was waiting for this shipment to arrive in Spain, but it was certain that it was heading for Spain, not Kenya. 

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An organised crsaid the drugs  should have been offloaded in Valencia and picked up by smugglers, but the operation failed

'For some reason it was not collected at Valencia.'

The technique is referred to as a 'blind hook' or a 'rip on, rip off' and involves smugglers hiding drugs inside other people's cargo and unloading their haul at a certain point in the journey without the carriers ever knowing it was there.

Spanish police attempted to search the containers on board the MSC Sonia, but four of the five containers - including the one with the cocaine - had already been loaded onto the boat. 

Each container is sealed to clearly show if they have been opened during its transportation, but as well as the drugs, there was a spare seal in the stash. 

Mr Marrian and his co-accused Kenyan clearing agent Roy Mwanthi deny the charges of smuggling a Class A drug on June 29.  

A judge in Kenya has ruled that the son of a British aristocrat accused of trafficking £4.5million worth of cocaine should be released on a £530,000 bail.

Jack Marrian, 31, a sugar trader, was charged last week after police in the eastern port city of Mombasa seized 100 kilos of cocaine hidden in a sugar consignment ordered by his firm.

He is set to be tried by a court over what he claims is a tampered shipment from Brazil.

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High Court judge Luka Kimaru ruled today that Marrian should be released on bail of £530,000 cash, with two Kenyan sureties of similar amount

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3782889/British-aristocrat-s-son-went-school-Kate-Middleton-facing-life-Kenyan-jail-4-5million-cocaine-shipment-knew-drugs.html#ixzz4JvTf9aPT 
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