{"id":146522,"date":"2026-07-12T10:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/seven-arrested-as-police-seize-13200-litres-of-ethanol-in-thika\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:02:58","slug":"seven-arrested-as-police-seize-13200-litres-of-ethanol-in-thika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/seven-arrested-as-police-seize-13200-litres-of-ethanol-in-thika\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven arrested as police seize 13,200 litres of ethanol in Thika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seven suspects have been arrested after a multi-agency security operation in Thika West Sub-County led to the seizure of 13,200 litres of ethanol, thousands of suspected counterfeit cigarette packets and two lorries believed to have transported the illicit goods.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the operation focused on a compound thought to be used for storing and distributing illegal goods.<\/p>\n<p>During the raid, officers found 66 drums, each holding 200 litres, filled with ethanol.<\/p>\n<p>The team also discovered 17,640 packets of suspected counterfeit Pall Mall cigarettes hidden beneath various animal hides inside one of the lorries at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Further the operation led to the impounding of two lorries believed to have transported the illegal consignment.<\/p>\n<p>The detectives noted that all recovered items have been secured as exhibits as investigations continue to determine the full scope of the criminal network involved.<\/p>\n<p>The seven suspects arrested, Isaack Muthee, Lenkai Olemelei, Simon Ndung\u2019u, Paul Mwangi, Stephen Mbugua, Julius Mutuku, and Nicolete Lodway, are in police custody awaiting processing and arraignment.<\/p>\n<p>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations reiterated their commitment in fighting illegal trade networks that threaten public health, support organised crime, undermine legitimate businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Directorate of Criminal Investigations remains focused in breaking down illegal trade networks that threaten public health, support organised crime, undermine legitimate businesses, and deprive the country of vital revenue,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/seven-arrested-as-police-seize-13200-litres-of-ethanol-in-thika\/\">Seven arrested as police seize 13,200 litres of ethanol in Thika<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven suspects have been arrested after a multi-agency security operation in Thika West Sub-County led to the seizure of 13,200 litres of ethanol, thousands of suspected counterfeit cigarette packets and two lorries believed to have transported the illicit goods. According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the operation focused on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}