Kilifi DCI detectives on Friday recovered 26 tonnes of tea leaves which was part of a stolen consignment and arrested three suspects. The three, a driver, a turn boy and a dealer were arrested while transporting the tea leaves in a Mitsubishi Canter KAZ 437G at Mariakani on Thursday. The confiscated tea was in original packaging bags printed Koisagat Tea Factory while others were repackaged in sacks. Speaking to the Star on Friday, Kaloleni DCIO Francis Kihara said the three stole the tea leaves after a truck transporting them overturned between Taru and Macknon Road along Nairobi-Mombasa highway in a stage-managed accident. Detectives are tracking another yellow canter with 30bags of the stolen tea which escaped the police dragnet.

Source: The Star January 11, 2019 17:41 UTC