Five arrested in Kariokor with 500 litres of illegal diesel

Detectives from the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) on Thursday arrested five people who were operating an illegal fuel depot in Kariokor.

The agency said the facility was disguised as a garage.

They found at least 500 litres of diesel in one of the tanks in the compound.

Five other storage tanks of fuel were also discovered.

5 storage tanks of fuel were discovered in the the illegal plant in Kariokor.500 litres of diesel in one of the tanks @halake_elema @FloraMutahi pic.twitter.com/E4bd3ftKu3

— ACA KENYA (@ACAKenya) March 28, 2019

The latest arrest comes just days after a similar number of people suspected to be running an illegal lubricant oil filling plant in Kariokor were arrested in Kariokor.