How smugglers sneak in illicit liquor and contraband through porous lake border

10,000 litres of illicit liquor was destroyed in Rarieda, Siaya County. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]
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Our investigations have established there are about five main smuggling stores in Siaya, Bondo and Rarieda towns where the consignment is kept before being distributed to retailers. The dealers, who have illegally acquired identification documents, drive around in vehicles with tinted windows bearing Ugandan registration numbers. Sources indicated that conspirators enjoy unlimited access to many security areas and get preferential where they paid the protection fee in advance so that the vehicles carrying their merchandise cruised into Kenya without any inspection