Actions eventually catch up with people.After years of being on the hunt for destroying lives through illegal drugs distribution,self-confessed drug lord Ibrahim Akasha will finally be sentenced on March 15, 2019, a New York court has ruled.
The US federal judge presiding over the drug-trafficking case of Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha has rescheduled the brothers’ sentencing date to March 15. Sentencing had earlier been set for February 1.
The postponement means the Akashas will have been held in New York detention centres for more than two years when they finally learn their fate.
As part of a deal made in October with US prosecutors, each is facing a prison term that could range from 10 years to life. The brothers agreed to plead guilty to seven criminal charges, including payment of bribes to unnamed Kenyan officials.
The terms of the agreement also indicate that the Akashas may each be fined up to $10 million and be required to forfeit all the money obtained through their confessed drug dealings.
Kenya had been working with the US and UNODC in collecting evidence that linked them to the trafficking of narcotics to the US. Baktash, Ibrahim, Gulam and Goswami, have been charged by US prosecutors with conspiring to smuggle 98 kilograms of heroin into the United States from Kenya.
The two could be sentenced to life in prison in the US as per the drug trafficking law.