Saturday,
November 30, 2019- Flying squad officers on Friday raided an illegal
gas refilling plant in Syokimau area along Mombasa Road and recovered over 600
counterfeit gas cylinders.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI),
the detectives alongside officers from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory
Authority (EPRA) and the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) found 600 counterfeit
gas cylinders an arrested the owner of the plant.
Two vehicles, one of them a lorry used to ferry the
cylinders were also seized.
This comes two months after EPRA introduced new regulations to
curb unauthorised LPG cylinders filling to enhance consumer safety.
Those found in
contravention with the regulations risk a fine of not less than Sh10 million or
not less than five years in jail -or both.
See the photos below.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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