Man arrested for selling counterfeit milk powder worth Ksh.1.7M in Mombasa

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday arrested a man for selling counterfeit milk powder worth nearly an estimated Ksh.1.7 million in Mombasa.

Ahmed Salah Mohamed was arrested during a joint sting operation led by the DCI's Operation Support Unit and officials of the Kenya Dairy Board and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

During the operation, the officers confiscated 66 bags of suspected contraband milk powder at Mohamed's store situated along Biashara Street in Mombasa.

"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," the DCI said in a statement on X.

"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."

Upon questioning, Mohamed asserted that he allegedly obtained the bogus shipment from a partner named Dahir, whose storage facility is situated in Shimanzi, Mombasa.

"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," said the DCI.