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City cops bust godown where rice, sugar is repackaged into Naivas packets


City detectives on Thursday evening arrested a suspect found repackaging sugar from a sack labelled Kabras Sugar Company into packets labelled Naivas.

Detectives from Parklands acting on intelligence raided Heykal Packers and Distributors godown situated within Atlantis Business Park in Embakasi and arrested one suspect.

According to DCI, the suspect was found repacking sugar and rice to 1kg and 2kg packets labeled Naivas and Economy.

They also found several other brands  being repackaged at the warehouse. They Red Rose, Mama Afric, Biriani rice, Thai Long and Vietnam rice.

Police seized the rice and sugar for further tests by public health officers.

The godown has since been closed as detectives seek to establish whether some of the documents presented are authentic.

Last week, an owner of a godown in Kariobangi evaded arrest after detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) raided the facility and impounded tonnes of expired rice.

The detectives seized tonnes of expired foodstuff and arrested several suspects found working inside the godown.

The suspects were found repackaging the rice into new bags bearing expiry dates from June 2019 to 2021.