Even when a woman is raped, once the DNA sample is taken and abstract filled, the woman can take a shower and the case goes on. Kwani the judge wants to row out to sea to prove that the drugs were on the ship?
Unfortunately this is not about a woman being raped.
The law has specific provisions when dealing with such contraband. There are very strict provisions on HOW drugs can be destroyed. The reason such strict provisions were put in place was to prevent drug barons from exploiting corruption within government and law enforcement to get back their drugs. Thus any destruction outside that strict regime is a nullity and highly suspicious;
The law on the disposal of the conveyance, in this case the ship is in fact derived from international treaties and conventions on Illicit Drugs that Kenya has signed. There is no provision for the destruction of the ship. It is required to be auctioned at the expiry of a certain notice. Failure to do that exposes the country to claims as the stuff on the ship has NOT been tested and determined to be heroin
The "samples" taken are as good as useless. The law requires that the packages be impounded as they are and possibly must be photographed and witnessed before removal. They are then to be taken to approved labs where each one of these is identified again, weighed and tested. It won't take more than ten minutes to prove that the bags the police took to the labs are very different from what was seen on the deck of the ship before the alleged "sinking". The defense has in effect been handed a free get out of jail card.