A woman, Jane Mary Muthoni Gachengo, was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Friday, September 13, by officers from the Kenya Revenue Authority.
On it's Facebook page, KRA noted that Ms Gichengo was a trafficker of fake excise revenue stamps.
The authority also disclosed that she is suspected to be part of a criminal network that manufactures the excise stamp duties in China and consigns them in Kenya under concealment.
KRA added that the stamps are then distributed through a local cartel to alcohol manufacturers and distributors, facilitating nonpayment of taxes to the government.
Ms Gichengo is in police custody waiting to be arraigned in court.
On August 19, 2019, Kenyan billionaire, Humphrey Kariuki, surrendered at Milimani Law Courts roughly two weeks after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations launched a manhunt.
Kariuki appeared at the court, where he was charged with tax evasion amounting to Ksh41 billion.
He was charged alongside other businessmen including Stuart Gerard and Simon Maundu.
