{"id":11801,"date":"2026-01-08T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/11801\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:21:24","slug":"eight-suspects-arrested-as-police-raid-illicit-brew-dens-in-western-50000-litres-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/11801\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight suspects arrested as police raid illicit brew dens in Western, 50,000 litres destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.digital\/author\/joseph-muia-964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ui-avatars.com\/api\/?name=J+M&amp;color=7F9CF5&amp;background=EBF4FF\" alt=\"Joseph Muia\"\/><\/a> By<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.digital\/author\/joseph-muia-964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Joseph Muia<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      Published on:  January 08, 2026 05:55 (EAT)<br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eight suspects arrested as police raid illicit brew dens in Western, 50,000 litres destroyed\" alt=\"Eight suspects arrested as police raid illicit brew dens in Western, 50,000 litres destroyed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nps-og_image.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Police officers after raiding illicit brew dens in Kakamega and Vihiga counties. PHOTO | NPS<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" data-v-7257c9c5=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tts-pre-loader.gif\" alt=\"Vocalize Pre-Player Loader\" style=\"all:unset!important;display:inline!important;\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7257c9c5=\"\" style=\"font-size:13px;margin-left:20px;\">Audio By Vocalize<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Police in the Western Kenya region have arrested eight<br \/>\nsuspects during a crackdown operation against illicit brews in Kakamega and<br \/>\nVihiga counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Led by Western Regional Police Commander Issa Mohamed, detectives<br \/>\non Thursday raided Shikumu Location in Kakamega and Kilingili Location in<br \/>\nVihiga, covering Lwanaswa, Kaluni, and Ishieywe villages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to the National Police Service, the eight<br \/>\nsuspects were arrested during the raid and 50,000 litres of Kangara destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The officers also dismantled 613 brewing apparatus and recovered<br \/>\n350 litres of Chang\u2019aa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The suspects have since been placed in custody for<br \/>\nprocessing, awaiting arraignment, while the exhibits have been secured and stored<br \/>\nat a police facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Joseph Muia Published on: January 08, 2026 05:55 (EAT) Police officers after raiding illicit brew dens in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3672,7995,7993,80,1179,7996,7994],"class_list":{"0":"post-11801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-citizen-digital","9":"tag-illicit-brew","10":"tag-kakamega","11":"tag-kenya","12":"tag-police","13":"tag-vihiga","14":"tag-western"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}