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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