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Police, KRA bust intricate web of ethanol smuggling from Uganda

Police in Nyahururu town intercepted a lorry carrying 22,000 litres of contraband ethanol on transit to Nairobi from a neighbouring country. The ethanol worth over Sh7 million is believed to be from a neighbouring country. [James Munyeke/Nyahururu.]

The authorities in Western Kenya have uncovered a network of ethanol smuggling and counterfeit alcohol production.

Officials involved in the crackdown on the illegal trade reveal that ethanol is smuggled into Kenya from Uganda via the Lwakhakha border.

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