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Vanishing cigarettes: Smuggling rackets that cost Kenya millions

By Kamau Muthoni | 2w ago

Kenya Revenue Authority officials and police officers inspect cigarettes intended for export and counterfeit KRA stamps in a private residence in Nakuru city on December 8, 2023. [File, Standard]

On the night of December 13, 2023, a Mercedes Actros truck left Mastermind Tobacco Ltd’s premises in Nairobi with at least 1,150 cartons of SuperMatch cigarettes worth Sh55 million, for South Sudan.

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