NEMA officials have intercepted 1.7 tonnes of banned plastic bags at Mwembe Tayari Market in Mombasa.
The plastic bags were impounded on Friday night, but officials released the information on Sunday.
The officials confiscated the bags as they were being offloaded from a Tanzania bus at the market.
Mombasa NEMA boss Stephen Wambua told the media the bags were packed in 17 bales.
“We suspect this system is the one feeding Mombasa, Kilifi and other Coastal areas,” he said.
The value of the plastic bags has not yet been established.
Wambua urged bus operators to inspect luggage to know what they are transporting.
NEMA officials and police are expected to issue a press briefing about the seizure later in the day.
on Friday, detectives raided a go down along Mombasa Road here in Nairobi where they impounded nearly 5,000 bales of counterfeit and expired diapers.
The diapers worth Sh38 million expired in February this year but were imported from China in September.
Police say the owner of the diapers had hired workers to stick fake Kenya Bureau of Standards stamps on the diapers worth an estimated 30 million shillings.
The workers had also erased expiry dates on the diapers, most of which had lasted beyond their sell-by dates. Six suspects were arrested during the operation
The detectives said they are looking for the agency that cleared the cargo and the importer for questioning. The importer is a prominent transporter in the country. Also wanted are the Kenya Bureau of Standards officials who inspected and cleared the products.