Police in Ngoma district is holding seven men suspected of illegally engaging in distillation of illicit brew.
During an operation Police seized distillation tools and fermentation products. Over 240 litres of by-products used to distil kanyanga were destroyed.
The suspects whose names have been withheld are being detained at Sake Police station pending Investigation.
They were arrested on Sunday and are being held at Sake Police Station.
They are said to have distilled about 45 Litres of potent gin locally known as Kanyanga.
Supt Benoit Nsengiyumva, Eastern Region police spokesman, said the suspects were arrested after a joint operation by Police, Rwanda Defence Forces and local council leaders of Kigesi and Shyembe cells.
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