Security team nets contraband goods as war against illicit trade is intensified

A man attempts to remove the seal of one of the sixteen containers loaded with contraband sugar destined to Kakira Sugar Company in Uganda from Dubai after it was impounded at the port of Mombasa by the Kenya Revenue Authority officers in the ongoing 100% verification efforts to curb counterfeit and contraband cargo, February 26, 2016. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Security agents in Nairobi have arrested two people in connection with a Sh15 million contraband haul netted at the weekend.

A key suspect was arrested together with an accomplice as he attempted to move the consignment from a warehouse near the Embakasi Inland Container Depot to Nairobi’s Westlands suburb.