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Police changaa operation turns tragic after officer breaks leg

KAKAMEGA COUNTY: There was joy among illicit brew drinkers in Kambiri market of Kakamega when two officers chasing after a brewer broke a leg and the other tore his lips when a motorbike they were using swung, hit a pot hole and poured them on the ground, rendering their operation a cropper.

The Kenya Police Service officers attached to Mukhonje Police Post had been tipped off a syndicate of illicit brew traders who transport brew from Mukhonje (where chang'aa is brewed in large amounts along river Lusumu) to Ivakale on motorbikes during wee hours by a rival chang'aa seller who had quit the trade.

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