10 Arrested as Police get hold of Donkey Meat hidden in pits in Makueni County.
10 Arrested as Police get hold of Donkey Meat hidden in pits in Makueni County: On 30/12/2023 NPS Officers from Kwa Kathoka Police Post, Makueni Police Station within Makueni County, intercepted two motor vehicles Reg.No. KDB 991U Toyota Fielder and KCK 434M Toyota Wish loaded with suspected donkey meat.
They arrested ten suspects namely;
Antony Kiiru, Samson Kamau, Paul Kabura, Cyrus Nthumbi, Isaac Njoroge, Johnstone Kilunja, Samuel Mwangi, Andrew Kithiki, Carol Makau and Francis Makau
Preliminary investigations suggest that the donkey meat was on transport to Shauri Moyo Market in Nairobi.
A multi-agency team of NPS Officers and Public Health Officers later visited the slaughter scene and retrieved 25 skinned heads and, several hooves of donkeys from a pit within a homestead of one of the suspects.
Other exhibits recovered from the scene were crude tools suspected to have been used for the slaughter.
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