{"id":139779,"date":"2026-05-04T07:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/four-arrested-after-failed-attempt-to-steal-jet-fuel-at-wilson-airport\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:02:59","slug":"four-arrested-after-failed-attempt-to-steal-jet-fuel-at-wilson-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/four-arrested-after-failed-attempt-to-steal-jet-fuel-at-wilson-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Arrested After Failed Attempt to Steal Jet Fuel at Wilson Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 4 \u2014 Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested four suspects after foiling an attempted jet fuel theft at Wilson Airport, in a security operation targeting illegal siphoning of aviation fuel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the DCI said officers from the Kenya Airports Police Unit (KAPU) intercepted a suspicious vehicle within the airport precincts, uncovering what authorities described as a covert attempt to siphon and smuggle out jet fuel under the guise of routine airport activity.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, a white canter truck, was found carrying four drums, each containing 200 litres of jet fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said preliminary investigations indicate the fuel had been siphoned from an aircraft undergoing maintenance at the NASD hangar.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft, operated by Airworks Aviation, was reportedly undergoing routine servicing at the time, which investigators believe provided cover for the suspected theft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir plan to fly under the radar crashed, as the law caught up with the suspects before they could make their unauthorised exit,\u201d the DCI said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the alleged owner of the consignment, who was reportedly found without a valid airport gate pass.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle used to transport the fuel also lacked the required authorisation from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) to ferry petroleum products.<\/p>\n<p>All four suspects are currently in custody, undergoing processing ahead of their arraignment in court.<\/p>\n<p>The impounded vehicle and the recovered fuel have been detained as exhibits as investigations continue.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 4 \u2014 Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested four suspects after foiling an attempted jet fuel theft at Wilson Airport, in a security operation targeting illegal siphoning of aviation fuel. In a statement, the DCI said officers from the Kenya Airports Police Unit (KAPU) intercepted a suspicious vehicle [&hellip;]<\/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-139779","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\/139779","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=139779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}