After raiding a residential property in Kirigiti, Kiambu County, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) confiscated 3,800 bottles of counterfeit wine.
Bottles of Chrome, Kibao, Aquila, and Trace gins were among the illegal booze.
"Additionally, 24,000 pieces of counterfeit KRA Stamps, 260 litres of Ethanol, sacks of assorted bottle caps and 3440 pieces of empty bottles have also been recovered from the same house," the DCI said in a press release.
"The value of the illicit recoveries is estimated at Ksh.7,836,500 with a VAT loss of Ksh.1,253,840 and exercise duty loss of Ksh.2,774,551.49."
The recovered objects have subsequently been relocated to a KRA warehouse, while a manhunt for the house's owner, who is still at large, is ongoing.
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