{"id":13629,"date":"2024-03-07T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13629"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:15:38","slug":"police-seize-67-crates-of-counterfeit-beer-in-embu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=13629","title":{"rendered":"Police Seize 67 Crates Of Counterfeit Beer In Embu."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/431167517_794008939414540_874357285224605188_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/431167517_794008939414540_874357285224605188_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/431167517_794008939414540_874357285224605188_n-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/431167517_794008939414540_874357285224605188_n-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Embu West have uncovered a significant stash of counterfeit alcoholic beverages, seizing 67 crates from a rented house in Kivue. During a raid on the premises, security officers discovered crates of fake beer and numerous cartons of illicit spirits, cleverly packaged in bottles resembling well-known brands and adorned with counterfeit KRA compliance stickers and QR scanning codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Mwangi, the county police commander, revealed that the sellers of these counterfeit goods utilize sacks to smuggle them into the area, then distribute them throughout the county using motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the operation, no suspects have been apprehended. However, a manhunt has been launched for two key individuals: the owner of the raided house, who absconded during the police raid, and a motorcyclist responsible for transporting the counterfeit beverages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Embu West have uncovered a significant stash of counterfeit alcoholic beverages, seizing 67 crates from a rented house in Kivue. During a raid on the premises, security officers discovered crates of fake beer and numerous cartons of illicit spirits, cleverly packaged in bottles resembling well-known brands and adorned with counterfeit KRA compliance stickers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/431167517_794008939414540_874357285224605188_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13631,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13629\/revisions\/13631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}