Police in Naivasha have nabbed sugar worth over Sh3 million that had been stolen from Uganda while enroute Mombasa.
A vehicle ferrying the sugar from the neighboring country via the port to Seychelles was blocked along the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road before the highway robbers made away with 600 bags.
Confirming the incident, Naivasha CID boss Adan Mohammed, said the driver of the trailer had been arrested hours after the robbery was reported.
“Soon after the robbery was reported we managed to track the lorries that ferried the sugar from the main truck and recovered the sugar,” he said.
Speaking at Naivasha police station, Adan said that a multi-agency team was working to establish if the sugar was in the country legally.
“We have officers from KRA who want to make sure that the sugar has not been diverted into the local market but was destined for Seychelles as claimed by the transporters,” he said.
Police managed to recover 261 bags from a lorry ferrying the loot while the rest was found stashed in a residential home along Kinale area.
