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Question abounds over seized 2, 450 tonnes of sugar in Webuye

Contraband Sugar netted in Western Kenya

How 59,000 50kg bags of contraband sugar ended up in a moribund paper factory is the greatest puzzle detectives are working to solve before Monday.

Weighing at least 2,450 metric tonnes, the sugar was discovered hidden at Rai Paper (former Webuye PanPaper Mills) precincts on Thursday, barely a week after another consignment was seized at go-downs in Eastleigh, Nairobi.

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