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Top Mombasa cop grilled over bribe of Sh20k

Mombasa’s Central Police Station where the officer is booked. [File, Standard]

Anti-corruption detectives on Saturday arrested a senior police officer in Mombasa for allegedly receiving a Sh20,000 bribe from a drug trafficking suspect.

But after being interrogated at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) regional offices for several hours, the officer was released on a police bond.

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