200 bags of counterfeit fertilizer nabbed in Kirinyaga

200 bags of counterfeit fertilizer nabbed in Kirinyaga

Security officers in  Kirinyaga County have impounded over 200 bags of assorted fertilizer and hundreds of DAP and NPK gunny bags in a raid for counterfeit products.

In a operation led by Kirinyaga AP commander Daudi Mohammed, three suspects among them a Nyeri County employee in the Ministry of Agriculture were arrested.

The officers also recovered a generator, two sewing machines, a roll of sewing thread and a lorry.

Speaking after the operation, Mohammed said that the officers acted on a tip off that government subsidized fertilizer was being repackaged for re-sale at Mukinduri village in Kirinyaga Central Constituency.

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Kirinyaga ministry of agriculture nyeri county fertilizers DAP generator gunny bags Kirinyaga AP commander Daudi Mohammed nabbed NPK two sewing machines

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