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It is a crime that has lately dominated national headlines with shocking revelations emerging of how one operative, now deceased, made booming business out of it. We ARE talkin about drink spiking, a criminal act where someone puts alcohol or drugs into another person’s drink without their knowledge. Kenyans call it ’Mchele’ in reference to rice-like pellets used by perpetrators of the crime. Tonight, with the help of an informer and former insider, a lady who had been in the trade for over three years before quitting, Citizen TV's Ben Kirui takes you inside the dark world of the drink spiking menace and reveals how easily the drugs used are acquired from unscrupulous medical practitioners. Here now is our special feature, #OperationMchele
| 'OPERATION MCHELE' | Citizen TV goes underground to investigate spiking drinks of revelers
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