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Authorities seize smuggled ethanol worth millions

Water bowser used to transport 7,500 litres of contraband ethanol seized in Sultan Hamud, Makueni County.

Kenyan authorities have seized a consignment of 7,500 litres of ethanol estimated to have a tax value of over Sh2 million.

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in a joint operation with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said that the ethanol had been concealed in a 10,000 litres water tanker intercepted at Sultan Hamud, Makueni County on Saturday.

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