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Woman behind manufacturing of illegal cosmetics in Nakuru arrested

The woman's two bedsitters had been converted into a factory with mortars, drums, cookers and assorted chemicals. [Kennedy Gachuhi]

Police in Nakuru have arrested a woman who has been illegally manufacturing sub-standard cosmetics at her rented house located in the heart of the informal Ponda Mali Estate.

Acting on a tip-off, the police on Tuesday evening cast their dragnets upon the elusive woman who had set up a retail shop in one of the houses she had rented to conceal the actual business.

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