The government on Friday warned clearing agents against colluding with brokers to importing counterfeit goods in the country.

Industrialization enterprise and development principal secretary Wilson Songa said Kenya was becoming a dumping site for fake goods from abroad and that government was working closely with various institutions to eradicate the menace.

Speaking at Clay-Works Company in Portrietz Changamwe where he witnessed the destruction of fake cigarettes worth 50 million, seized recently at KPA, Songa urged security organs and Kenya revenue authority to deal with illicit business.

“The suspect in the smuggling cartel disappeared and could not respond to court summons vie to both registered mails and newspaper and the court finally issued destruction order on the 19th of march 2014 that’s why we are so happy that this consignment is destroyed,” said Songa.

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