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Harvested avocados. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) last week impounded four lorries carrying immature avocados to Tanzania, exposing a tight syndicate of local fresh produce exporters smuggling the fruits to neighbouring countries despite a government ban.

AFA's Horticulture and Crops Directorate (HCD) said it confiscated 32 tonnes of avocados that were in the process of being illegally exported to Tanzania.

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