Police net over 28,000 litres of uncustomed ethanol in Kajiado

Police in Kajiado County are holding the driver of a vehicle which was intercepted with over 28,000 litres of suspected uncustomed ethanol.

The consignment was confiscated along the Emali-Loitoktok road by police officers on patrol.

"The driver of the vehicle had disguised the consignment as animal feeds," police told Citizen Digital.

This comes as the country-wide crackdown on contraband and unscrupulous tax evasion schemes spearheaded by the National Police Service gets underway.

On Monday, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) intercepted a truck carrying 54 drums of uncustomed ethanol at an estimated market value of Ksh10 million.

The consignment was intercepted along the Kacheliba-Makutano route in West Pokot County. The ethanol had a tax implication of at least Ksh.6 million

Ethanol is one of the most commonly smuggled industrial products in the country; and is used in the production of sugar, cosmetics and alcohol.