Police make a breakthrough in the fight against illicit brews

Outlet remains under police guard after it was declared a crime scene.
The Mountain Journal
Fight against illicit brews mushrooming in the Central Region, took a new twist after police intercepted thousands of KRA stickers in an outlet in Kambiti, Murang’a.
A multi-agency team  found a wines and spirit dealer at the market centre with rolls of stickers  allegedly supplied from KRA offices,  54 crates of  assorted beers suspected to be counterfeit,  and 88 cartons of spirits yet to be verified.
 The  countrabands were stored in a hideout sandwiched between residential rooms, where sleuths raided and forced the owner to open.
 The raid on the outlawed liquor coordinated by Murang’a County Police Commander David Mathiu, followed a tip off from the public the police intercepted Santa King, Triger portable spiriters without KRA stickers.
 Mathiu said the operation is being coordinated across the sub counties  and yielding fruits with reduced crime rate among other anti-social behaviours.
” The police are interested in getting to the supplier of the KRA stamps to establish if they are real or forged,” said Mathiu.

 He lauded the public and the politicians  for the support to eradicate the menace  saying war against drugs and alcoholism  must be won.
 At Kangema Police Station,  the police intercepted 73 crates of B Banana liquor trading at Sh40 per half litre bottle among other contrands that included 21 kilogrammes of bhang.
Mathui said the police recovered the liquors  from two vehicles upon receiving a tip off from the public.
“The two vehicles are at Kangema police station,” said the police commander.
 Last week, the police intercepted brewers using yeasts in the manufacture of instant ‘masebebu’ brew along the river banks and destroyed 3,000 litres.

 MCAs from the Central Kenya region, on Friday met the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and pledged  they will be supportive in the strategies to reclaim the youth presently indulging in  alcoholism.