NAIROBI Kenya May 23 -Police officers on Tuesday May 23 arrested two shopkeepers for allegedly selling contaminated sugar.
The National Police Service (NPS) said in a statement that members of the public tipped off its officers on patrol that the shop, located at Riverside, was selling contaminated sugar.
According to the police, the member of the public who tipped them off had bought half a kilo of sugar from the said shop, only to find that the granules contained a substance that she suspected to be poisonous.
Officers then swung into action and arrested the shopkeeper, identified only as Otieno.
During the arrest, officers recovered various brands of sugar, including 48kg of sugar in a 50kg Brazilian bag and 40 pieces of 1kg packets of Kabras and Ndhiwa sugar.
The suspect later led officers to Njeka Wholesale, owned by a Kamau, where they also seized more sugar.
“The suspect also led officers to Njeka Wholesale owned by a Kamau where officers also seized more items including 60 bags of 50kg bags of various brands including Kakira sugar, Indian brown sugar and Diamond sugar bags,” the statement said.
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