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Kenya Revenue Authority officials have intercepted gold worth Sh100 million at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.
At least 32,255.50 grams of gold bars and an accompanying invoice of the amount were found on a 46-year-old Tanzanian man.
In a statement on Wednesday, the taxman said the suspect was seized following intelligence alert after arriving at JKIA on February 16.
He was on board Precision Airlines from Mwanza via Kilimanjaro and was heading to Dubai aboard Kenya Airways.
The unidentified man was seized by KRA customs officers and a team of security agencies attached at the airport.
The gold bars are under the custody of KRA's Customs and Border Control as investigations to get to the details of the case continues.
KRA intercepts gold worth Sh100 million at JKIA