A man was detained by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday for allegedly selling fake milk powder in Mombasa for around Ksh.1.7 million.
A collaborative sting operation by the Kenya Dairy Board, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), and the DCI’s Operation Support Unit resulted in the arrest of Ahmed Salah Mohamed.
66 bags of allegedly contraband milk powder were seized by the police during the raid at Mohamed’s business on Mombasa’s Biashara Street.
“The following products were recovered; 41 bags of hilwa full cream milk powder each 25 kg and 25 bags of Brookside full cream milk powder each 25 kg, KRA officials estimated a taxable value of Ksh.1,650,000 on the products, which have since been taken as exhibits at the KRA Changamwe warehouse” the DCI said in a statement on X.
When questioned, Mohamed claimed to have received the fake shipment from a partner called Dahir, whose storage facility is located in Mombasa’s Shimanzi area.
“The said Dahir had been arrested during an earlier operation in Nairobi and investigations are ongoing to trace his Mombasa warehouse for inspection of the stored products,” stated the DCI.
