Police raid Nyahururu home, seize counterfeit alcohol

According to Nyandarua County Police Commander Omar Arero and County Commissioner Abdilasaak Jaldesa the police officers acting on a tip-off from members of the public seized the second generation liquor in one of the rental houses believed to be used as a stopover point before it is sold to unsuspecting revelers in the neighbouring Nyahururu town and its environs.

They said that such drinks were being sold by unscrupulous business people out to destroy the lives of unsuspecting people in the name of making money.

Jaldesa said security agencies seized an assortment of items among them two rolls of KRA Stamps, stickers of Blue Ice and Spark drinks, 27 jerrycans containing a substance believed to be ethanol, sieve, bottle tops, gunny bags, parking cartons among others.

The officers also seized a vehicle that is believed to be used to transport the liquor to the market.

The County Commissioner noted that the government was firm in the fight against manufacture, distribution and sale of such drinks and called on members of the public to be wary of business people operating alcoholic drinks stores within their vicinity.

He noted that security agencies were following leads that could lead to the arrest of the suspect behind the seized brew who managed to escape the police dragnet.

He said the seized alcoholic drinks are believed to be dangerous for human consumption since their packaging was questionable and had impurities inside.

He put on notice those behind the syndicate saying the government would pursue them in their hideouts and that such activities would not be allowed.

He also cautioned landlords to be wary of tenants whose business activities were not known, adding that the law will not spare them either.