Police officers in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon arrested two suspects for allegedly selling contaminated sugar.
The officers were reportedly acting on a tip-off from a citizen who allegedly bought a kilogram of sugar in Riverside area, only to find the pellets containing a substance that she suspected to be poisonous.
The National Police Service (NPS), in a statement, said the cops then swung into action and arrested the shopkeeper – only identified as Otieno.
They further confiscated 48kg of sugar in a 50kgs Brazilian bag, as well as 40 pieces of 1kg packets of Kabras and Ndhiwa sugar brands.
“The suspect also led the officers to Njeka Wholesale belonging to one Kamau, where officers also seized more items, among them, 60 bags of 50kg bags, bearing different brands including Kakira sugar, Indian brown sugar, and Diamond sugar bag,” read the statement.
