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Two suspects were on Saturday morning arrested and unknown value of counterfeit alcoholic products seized by police in Gambogi, Vihiga County. The duo were were found producing various brands of fake alcohol, packaging them before selling them to unsuspecting consumers mostly in Vihiga, Kakamega and Kisumu counties. The two were arrested and their stores ransacked for the illegal goods, following leads from members of the public and complaints from the legal producers of the beverage. According to Vihiga Central OCPD Justin Nyaga, officials found used bottles packed in sacks, bottle tops, fake Kenya Bureau of Standards seals and eight jerricans of a substance suspected to be ethanol.“The suspects collect used alcohol bottles in markets and streets and later wash them and fill them with the alcoholic substance before distributing to the market around,” said Mr Nyaga. |
