Detectives raid home of a trader selling sand branded as wheat flour 

Detectives arrest a trader in Bangale, Tana River County selling ay arrested for selling counterfeit products (sand branded as wheat flour) to unsuspecting victims.

The 40-year-old merchant was charged with packing sand in branded packages and marketing it as wheat flour, according to a police report.

The incident unfolded after the culprit supplied seven bales of branded baking floor to an unwary retailer for Ksh11,900.

The retailer realized he had been duped when he got to his store and realized that the texture of the packets was quite rough.

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He opened one of them only to find sand instead of wheat flour. 

Aggrieved by the situation, the retailer reported the matter to Madogo Police Station, and officers were dispatched to a rented house within the Adere area, where the suspect (the trader) was caught packaging sand in the branded packets.

Police took the suspects into custody alongside a male assistant, aged 38 years. 

A total of 240 packets in 1-KG quantities were further recovered.

“Suspects were arrested awaiting to be arraigned in court,” read part of the police report.

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