A Tanzanian woman arrested at the Moi International Airport, Mombasa, on suspicion of trafficking heroin worth Sh15 million will be detained for three days.
A Mombasa court ordered Jumanne Maimuna be detained at the Port police station as the investigators complete their work.
The suspected drug will be tested at the Government Chemist.
Maimuna was arrested on Sunday allegedly with 5.3kg of heroin said to have been hidden in a false bottom and top of a suitcase she was traveling with.
Senior resident magistrate Vincent Adet ordered her detention after an application seeking more time to complete investigations.
Maimuna did not object to the application to have her remain in custody pending conclusion of the investigations.
The DPP opposed the Tanzania being granted bond before she was charged as she did not have a known abode and therefore was likely to escape.
The state further said it was highly likely Maimuna would interfere with the investigations if set free.
Maimuna was arrested few minutes after she landed and investigators suspect the drug originated in South Africa from where she had traveled through Addis Ababa.
Police said the drugs were wrapped in four polythene sachets and concealed with curry powder and pepper.
Last month, four people including two Tanzanians were arrested after they allegedly trafficked 2kg of heroin worth Sh6 million.
Said Ali and his wife Mariam Shaaban were accused alongside Kenyans Said Aboobakar and Mwasomo Mohammed.
But the Tanzanians were also charged with being in the country illegally after the police failed to find evidence linking them to the consignment and were later deported.
