By Our Reporter
WORLD
A consignment of powdered milk that had earlier on been condemned by the Kenyan government has been discovered at a Godown located in Nairobi’s East lands suburbs.
A statement released by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations says the harmful milk worth Kenyan Shs75Million was recovered on Tuesday, 16th May, 2023 afternoon.
“In the well coordinated operation by sleuths from the Economic & Commercial Crimes Unit and KRA officers, 1,511 bags of the powdered milk that had previously been declared unfit for human consumption at the Port of Mombasa, was recovered,” says the statement.
The DCI now says it is trying to unravel the mysterious movement of the condemned milk and was due for destruction found its way to a godown in Umoja III’s Mowlem area.
“It is suspected that the consignment was sneaked from Mombasa based godown before being hauled to Nairobi secretly for repackaging, to be sold to unsuspecting members of the public,” DCI’s statement reads in part.
The operation was carried out after a tip off from a concerned citizen.
“Detectives are currently on a manhunt for the mastermind behind the high level scheme which would have had devastating consequences on the health of Kenyans had the powdered milk found its way to the local market,” DCI says in the statement.
