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DCI probes customs officers over plot to illegally ship 50kg of gold to Dubai

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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched a probe into three customs officers suspected of involvement in an illegal attempt to smuggle 50 kilograms of gold bars to Dubai without the knowledge or consent of the rightful owner.

According to a police source close to the ongoing investigations, the 50kg consignment was part of a larger 400kg batch of gold bars believed to have been smuggled into Kenya from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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