File image of cigarettes.
A godown operated by a Chinese company along Mombasa Road has been shut down by the Ministry of Health following allegations of importing 1,716 cartons containing 11 different cigarette brands illegally.
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested, and the operations of Shapo Trading Ltd have been canceled after the ministry’s Tobacco Control Department flagged a network linked to harmful cigarette imports.
In a joint multi-agency operation involving Ministry of Health officials and
