A total of 12,835 Kgs of fake fertiliser and 396 Kgs of counterfeit maize seedlings have been seized by police in Lubinu, Mumias East, Kakamega County.
Thee people were arrested during the raid at the home of 38-year-old Asma Mukoya where the detectives found a lorry of registration KDL 120K, loading the consignment.
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“Acting on a tip-off led officers to raid the home of Asma Mukoya a female adult aged 38 years in musoma village, Lubinu sub-location about 4 kilometres south of the station and found a lorry registration number KDL 120K make FRR Isuzu loading suspected counterfeit fertilizer.
196 bags of 50kgs, 24 bags of 50 kgs yarabela exran,12 bags of 50 kgs DAP falcon fertilizer,14 bags of 50 kgs chaps meli DAP fertilizer,2 bags of 50 kgs DAP fertilizer,8 bags of 25 kgs chaps solai mbolea Bora, 23.5 bags of 10 kgs DAP Falcon fertilizer and 198 packets of 2kgs hybrid seed maize from Kenya seeds suspected to be counterfeit were recovered.” read the police report.
Also seized by the police were three sacks of unsealed 50kg fertilizer, a weighing scale, a repackaging machine and three rolls of sewing threads.
At the same time, the police arrested the driver of the lorry and a broker who will be questioned over the incident.
