Refurbished and fake mobile phones worth Ksh3 million were confiscated on Tuesday along Tom Mboya street in Nairobi.
The phones were confiscated following a sting operation organized by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), anti-counterfeit agency and anti-illicit trade agency.
The operation done in a few shops revealed the unscrupulous methods mobile phone dealers use to sell their products.
The dealers import mobile phones of unknown makes, which are then plastered with labels of known brands during retail.
According to a report by NTV, some of the shops selling the counterfeit mobile phones were shut down, possibly having gotten hints of the planned crackdown.
Traders caught selling the fake products were arrested and will answer to the charges.