Police in Molo, Nakuru County, on Tuesday arrested a man who was found in possession of over 30,000 counterfeit Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) excise stamps and hundreds of litres of ethanol.
According to police detectives, James Nderitu who is based in Elburgon had converted his sawmill to a liquor manufacturing plant, following the countrywide ban on logging imposed by the government.
“In a well-coordinated operation conducted by the Molo security team, the sleuths sneaked into the sawmill in unmarked vehicles posing as potato farmers and busted three workers who were busy packaging the liquor ready for the market,” police said in a statement.
His three employees namely Fredrick Kiprotich, Joram Choge and Langat Kipng’etich were also arrested during the raid.
“Hundreds of counterfeited bottles affixed with fake KRA stamps were recovered during the raid,” police added.
Among the seized bottles and fake liquor labels including those of popular brands such as Tripple Ace, Kibao, and Konyagi.
Also nabbed was an alcohometer, a measuring tube, assorted synthetic flavours among other paraphernalia used in liquor production.
