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Trader arrested with over 300,000 pieces of plastic bags

A consignment of plastic bags with a street value of Sh660,000 which was netted by police and NEMA officials at a wholesale shop in Gakoromone, Meru. The owner Ayub Gituma was arrested. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]

The environmental watchdog has raised the alarm over what it says is the increased smuggling of plastic bags into the country from Uganda.

The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) said a trader had been arrested in Meru with a consignment of the banned packing bags, which are believed to have originated from the neighbouring country.

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