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A similar fuel siphoning racket was discovered in July 2016 at a site near Otonglo in Kisumu County. 10,000 litres of petroleum products were recovered. PHOTO: FILE
KENYA: Police in Kisumu on Saturday busted a fuel smuggling racket, impounded 30, 000 litres of diesel and arrested one person.
The officers stormed a makeshift yard in Lela, about one kilometre from Maseno along the Kisumu-Busia road, in a sting operation and found a parked tanker with the siphoned fuel and made the seizure.
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