Officials from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) have impounded 24 containers of contraband goods at the Mombasa Port estimated to have a value of Sh150 million.
KRA officials said they found new clothes and shoes packed in 21 containers while the remaining three containers had powdered milk.
In a statement to newsrooms on Thursday, the port's operations chief manager Joseph Kaguru said the goods nabbed at the port have a customs value of Sh75 million.
“This is the largest single seizure by the authority which was done after scanning...out of the 24 containers, 21 contained new garments and shoes disguised as cold rooms being imported by horticultural farms. Three of the containers had milk powder disguised as flasks and sewing machines,” he said.
Mr Kaguru confirmed that they have suspended the company behind the incident.
“We have also suspended the operations of a company that entered documents in our system pertaining to 10 other containers that were part of this consignment and investigations on the company have commenced,” he added.
Kaguru further said that the authority has put in place all the necessary measures to fight the importation of contraband goods into the nation including use of scanners.
“In addition, the Authority has acquired three more scanners in the port to enhance capacity in intercepting contrabands,” said Mr Kaguru.