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Kenyan police seize $15,000 contraband sugar at border

Some of the 88 bags of sugar were seized in Busia town on September 2, 2018. GAITANO PESA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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By  Daily Nation

Police at Kenya's Busia border town have seized 88 bags of contraband sugar with an estimated value of $15,000 (Sh1.5m).

The illegal goods, which were packed in 50kg bags, are suspected to have been smuggled into Kenya from neighbouring Uganda thorough the porous border.

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