Two men have been arrested in Busia after police intercepted a vehicle transporting 1.5 tonnes of sugar suspected to have been smuggled into Kenya through an illegal border route.
The suspects, identified as 31-year-old Abdi Ahmed and 24-year-old Said Mustafa, were arrested after officers from Busia Police Station stopped their Toyota Probox, registration number KDJ 561V, in the Velasco area of Busia Township.
Police searched the vehicle and recovered 30 bags of sugar, each weighing 50 kilogrammes.
According to police, the consignment is suspected to have entered the country through an ungazetted and unmanned entry point along the Kenya-Uganda border, allowing the suspects to evade customs procedures and taxation.
The vehicle and the recovered sugar were taken to Busia Police Station and booked as exhibits.
The two suspects remain in police custody as officers process the case ahead of their arraignment in court.
The seizure comes amid intensified police patrols along the Kenya-Uganda border as authorities step up efforts to curb smuggling and other economic crimes linked to revenue losses.
