Nema raids market, arrests 11 for using banned plastic bags

Some of the plastic carrier bags which were confiscated at Rodi Kopany. Eleven people were arrested. [James Omoro, Standard]

Eleven people accused of causing environmental degradation were arrested in Homa-Bay on Tuesday.

National Environment Management Authority (Nema) and police officers accused the 11, including nine traders, of using banned plastic bags in Rodi Kopany town.