Detectives Reveal How Cartels Are Branding Fake Sugar to Scam Kenyans.
Detectives Detectives Reveal How Cartels Are Branding Fake Sugar to Scam Kenyans: The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers in Makindu, Makueni County on Saturday recovered about 2500 kg of counterfeit sugar.
This was recovered during an early morning operation by a multiagency team comprising of police officers and detectives from Makindu.
In the operation, the officers made a surprise raid on the white lorry, upon search, the officers recovered several sacks of the sugar packed in the lorry.
The driver who had attempted to escape the police radar went ahead to produce two delivery notes for the sacks of sugar
The officers were able to identify the sugar as counterfeit and in the process, discovered loopholes in the package that was being transported to the market for sale.
According to detectives, the sugar was packed in sacks branded with the name of a popular sugar milling company in the country, However, the manufacturing and expiry dates were handwritten
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