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Revealed: How corrupt police officers abet smuggling of sugar from Somalia

A convoy of ten lorries that had been stopped by police reservists carrying sugar from Somalia but released following intervention from senior policemen in Wajir East. [Photo: File]

On the night of March 22 this year, a convoy of ten 25-tonne trucks carrying sugar smuggled from Somalia was stopped by Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) on a smugglers’ route in Wajir East constituency.

A stand-off ensued after the drivers and loaders refused to open the cabin doors as they made frantic phone calls.

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