A multi-agency team in Busia has intercepted a lorry carrying suspected contraband ethanol hidden under sacks of wheat bran.
According to a police report, the Busia Patrol Team (SPIV) stopped the white Isuzu lorry at Malaba Township. The vehicle was headed to Bungoma.
Police said the driver abandoned the lorry and fled after being flagged down, leaving the engine running.
The team towed the lorry to the station.
A search revealed 32 drums, each suspected to contain 250 litres of ethanol. The drums were covered by 52 and a half white sacks of suspected wheat bran.
The scene was processed by the CSI team, documented, and booked. The case is pending under DCI Teso North.
Meanwhile, in Nakuru Railways Sub County, police reported a broaching incident involving a wheat consignment.
PC Elvis Kisiangani said he and PC Ezekiel Bett were escorting train LOCO U233 with 16 wagons loaded with bulk wheat from Nakuru to Eldoret.
The train, driven by J. Muga, broke down near Sabatia – Maji Mazuri section at kilometre 777/7 at around 3:40 pm on June 19.
“While officers were guarding the same at around 2300 hrs, a huge crowd emerged from the forest, cut seals of the last wagon and stole an unknown quantity of wheat,” Kisiangani reported.
A light engine later arrived from Nakuru at about 2:00 am and pulled the wagons to the railway station.
No casualties were reported. Police said the case is under investigation.
