{"id":128898,"date":"2026-01-18T08:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/3-arrested-for-siphoning-fuel-from-train-at-sultan-hamud\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T08:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:02:51","slug":"3-arrested-for-siphoning-fuel-from-train-at-sultan-hamud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/3-arrested-for-siphoning-fuel-from-train-at-sultan-hamud\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested for siphoning fuel from train at Sultan Hamud"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 18 \u2014 Three people are in police custody after being arrested for allegedly siphoning fuel from a train at Sultan Hamud Railway Station, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a statement on Sunday, the DCI said officers from the Kenya Railways Police and the Port Police arrested the suspects following a tip-off from members of the public who reported suspicious activity at the station.<\/p>\n

Those arrested were identified as locomotive driver Nicodemus Keya, security guard Mutunga Mwanzia, and Geoffrey Irungu.<\/p>\n

Police said the trio was caught red-handed during the illegal operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cResponding swiftly, police officers stormed the scene and seized two 20-litre jerrycans and two 18-litre water dispenser bottles filled to the brim with stolen petrol,\u201d the DCI said.<\/p>\n

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At the time of the arrest, the train had been held at Sultan Hamud Railway Station awaiting a replacement driver.<\/p>\n

The suspects were subsequently escorted to Emali Railways Police Station, where they are being processed ahead of their arraignment in court.<\/p>\n

The National Police Service reiterated its commitment to combating fuel theft and other forms of economic sabotage, emphasizing the role of public vigilance in disrupting criminal activities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 18 \u2014 Three people are in police custody after being arrested for allegedly siphoning fuel from a train at Sultan Hamud Railway Station, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has said. In a statement on Sunday, the DCI said officers from the Kenya Railways Police and the Port Police arrested the suspects […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}