Police in Kiambu recover 400 bags of stolen coffee, arrest 4
What you need to know:
- Police said the people found there had no papers to claim ownership of the huge amount of coffee.
- The police commander said they are investigating the source of the coffee.
- It is suspected the coffee was stolen either while on transit or from a warehouse or even from factories.
Police in Kiambu have recovered about 400 bags of high grade coffee valued at Sh16 million hidden in a rental house in Juda Village, Juja Sub-County.
County Police commander Adiel Njagi Nyange said they received reports from members of the public that some people had been spotted offloading bags of coffee bags from trucks into a rental house that was still under construction.
"Our officers managed to track the house where they found a black car parked just by the door which was open with some people inside and upon checking they found that there was coffee," he said.
He said the people found there had no papers to claim ownership of the huge amount of coffee.
"We arrested four male suspects and impounded the approximately 400 bags of the high grade coffee that was packed in 50 kilogramme bags. Its street value is approximately Sh16 million," he said.
Some of the bags of high grade coffee found stashed in a house in Juja, Kiambu County. It is believed to have been stolen from an unknown place. PHOTO | MARY WAMBUI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
INVESTIGATING SOURCE
The police commander said they are investigating the source of the coffee which they suspect was stolen either while on transit or from a warehouse or even from factories.
He appealed to all coffee factories that may have lost coffee through theft to come forward and check if the impounded coffee is theirs.
"Since we now have coffee with us, we are appealing to all coffee factories within and in other regions where coffee may have been stolen to come forward and check whether this is their coffee," said Mr Nyange
The police commander noted that the coffee is of very high quality, either grade A or B, whose retail price per kilo ranges between Sh80 and Sh100.
Residents of Juda Village said the coffee was brought in by people who are unknown to them.
"They rented the house on Saturday and that evening brought in coffee using trucks and started offloading it into the house. They finished stacking it in the house on Sunday morning," said one of the residents.
