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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations released on KES100, 000 ($865.60) cash reported.
(DCI) said Mohamed, who is a director of bail,” said the DCI. Mlolongo is about 20.5 Iran has become self-sufficient in gasoline
the Green Gas company, faced charges at kilometres from Kenya’s capital Nairobi. production and has some of the world’s
Mavoko law courts after a total of 96 cylinders Consumers who buy illegally filled cheapest pump prices due to heavy subsidies.
belonging to other firms were seized from his cylinders are typically defrauded by under- Potential big margins make the temptation
premises. filling. Safety is also compromised, as illegally to smuggle fuel by land or sea to regional
“The director of a gas-filling plant in filled cylinders are not subjected to regular countries strong. Iran has long seized boats
Mlolongo Machakos County was today checks for dents and other deformities. accused of smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf
arraigned in a Mavoko court for filling LPG BNE and Sea of Oman.
into cylinders of other brands without prior IRGC naval units reported 250,000 litres
written consent,” DCI tweeted on Wednesday, of fuel discovered on one of the ships and
April 13. TERMINALS & SHIPPING 130,000 litres on the other. In just one week,
In the operation conducted by detectives confiscated fuel from boats amounted to
from the Serious Crimes unit last weekend, IRGC seizes tankers 650,000 litres, a statement posted on the
three other suspects who were found filling Guard’s official website said.
the cylinders at the plant were also put behind carrying smuggled fuel Last week, the IRGC seized a foreign vessel
bars. carrying 220,000 litres of smuggled fuel in
“Bidan Ndungu, Abdistar Maalim and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps the Gulf and detained its crew of 11, Iranian
Adankheir Mohammed were arrested and (IRGC) said on April 15 that they had media reported.
a lorry found transporting the cylinders seized two vessels carrying 380,000 litres of BNE
impounded. The suspects have since been smuggled fuel, official news agency IRNA

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