On Tuesday at a godown in Nairobi's Eastlands neighbourhood, police officers seized 1,511 bags of expired milk powder valued at more than Ksh.75 million.
The milk powder was flagged at the Port of Mombasa, according to a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and it was scheduled for disposal because it had been deemed unfit for human consumption.
According to a portion of the statement, "officials from the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) immediately declared the illegal shipment unfit for human consumption in which the government lost over Ksh. 32 Million in unpaid taxes."
DCI stated that during the raid, they discovered 25 kg bags ready for repackaging with the labels indicating their expiration dates removed.
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How the consignment ended up in the godown despite being an unauthorized shipment is the perplexing mystery that DCI, the Economic & Commercial Crimes Unit, and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) investigators are working to solve.
Part of the statement said, "It is suspected that the consignment was sneaked from a godown in Mombasa, before being hauled to Nairobi secretly for repackaging, to be sold to unsuspecting members of the public."
A search has been started to find the scheme's planners.
