Nairobi, March 27 -- A couple facing charges of human trafficking has lost a luxurious vehicle and a lorry to the State after the High Court ruled that they were proceeds of crime.

High Court judge Esther Maina agreed with the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) that the two motor vehicles were used by Elosy Kendi Mutwiri and Felix Mutwiri Muthamia as decoys to disguise the source of the funds.

The two vehicles were purchased using loans from Situ Investments Ltd, a micro-lender, and NCBA Bank and the judge noted that the loan repayments were derived from the illicit trade.

"It follows, therefore, that since the respondents (the couple) had no legal source of income, the monies they were receiving into their accounts were from the offence of ...