Police have seized an assortment of gas cylinders believed to have been set for refilling with counterfeit gas at Swift Gas Refilling Plant in Syokimau along Mombasa road.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations confirmed on its twitter handle that a suspect was arrested, and two motor vehicles seized during the multi-agency raid led by detectives from DCI and Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA).
The DCI- said two motor vehicles; a Lorry make Mitsubishi of Registration Number KCB 597S and a Toyota Caldina Registration number KBG 141V, were carrying approximately 600 empty gas cylinders of different brands and companies which were seized.
The government had threatened to abolish rules that enabled an exchange pool created in 2009 that enabled consumers to trade their gas cylinders at any outlet without regard to the brand of their cylinder.
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The regulations, which were aimed at easing access of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, had the unintended consequence of increasing illegal trade of the commodity.