Police officers in Meru have arrested three
Chinese nationals found to be in the country illegally and engaging in buying and exporting raw macadamia.
Yang Guoliang, 38, Xu Muzang,
36 and Cleng Deheng, 21 are in police custody and will be arraigned on Friday morning.
“We
arrested three Chinese whose visas had expired last year and they don’t
have work permits," police commander Nelson Taliti said.
"They were doing business illegally ... buying macadamia and exporting them”, he added.
He said the three came into the country as tourists and have been exporting macadamia in its raw form, contrary to the law.
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"We have
preferred charges and they will be charged with trading in
macadamia without license and being illegally in Kenya," the police boss said.
Taliti added that once the case is over, the suspects will be deported to their country.
