Contraband milk powder confiscated in Mombasa

Mombasa, 

Saturday, 27 January, 2024 

McCreadie Andias 

50kgs of contraband milk powder have been confiscated during a joint search operation conducted at a wholesale shop located in Lebanon area Biashara Street, Mombasa. 

Detectives from DCI's Operation Support Unit, officers from the Kenya Dairy Board and KRA conducted a search at the said AMS Wholesalers Limited where 41 bags of HILWA Full Cream Milk Powder each 25 kg product of New Zealand were discovered. 

In addition, 25 bags of BROOKSIDE Full Cream Milk Powder each 25kg were also seized. 

KRA officials estimated a taxable value of Sh 1,650,000 on the products, which have since been taken as exhibits at the KRA Changamwe warehouse.

Ahmed Salah Mohamed, who is the proprietor of the shop was arrested as a suspect and claimed to have acquired the consignment from an accomplice in the name of Dahir whose warehouse is located in Shimanzi, Mombasa.

According to DCI, Dahir had been arrested during an earlier operation in Nairobi, and investigations are ongoing to trace his Mombasa warehouse for inspection of the stored products.

The operation comes amid intensive crackdown on contraband milk powder across the country.