Two people have been arrested after attempting to rob a Kajiado petrol station fuel worth Ksh 1.2 million after an attendant became aware of their scheme.
The two approached the attendants claiming to have contacted their boss and that they had paid Ksh 1.2 million and were there to collect 6,000 litres of diesel.
Unaware of their scheme, one attendant initiated the pumping process but along the way he contacted the boss who denied the transaction. Calmly he alerted fellow attendants who arrested them before calling the police.
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“Last evening, an attempt by two hoodlums to rob a Kajiado petrol station over Sh 1.2 million worth of diesel ended in futility after a keen pump attendant detected their scheme.
At 4pm, an Isuzu NPR tanker pulled over at Sajjy Petrol Station located in Kajiado’s Oloililai Sub-County within Bisil township, where the two occupants posing as men of means sought to draw 6,000 litres of diesel.
Pretending to be in constant communication with the owner of the petrol station, the two alleged to have already paid Sh 1.2 million directly to the bank account of the ‘boss’, given the amount involved.
Without disputing the proof of payment provided, the attendant went ahead to initiate the process, but excused himself briefly after pumping about 100 litres.
He made a call to his boss, who confirmed his fears. Neither such payment had been made nor was there any such arrangement.
Maintaining his calm, the attendant beckoned his colleagues with a signature alert, who pounced on the two and alerted the police.
Police officers arrived to find the two cushy life-seekers securely restrained, who had since been encouraged to identify themselves. A petrified Boniface Karanja, 32 and his 54-year-old accomplice, Daniel Kimani, were re-arested, and their vehicle registration number KCC 312G detained.
Further grilling revealed that the two had traveled from Nairobi, and belonged to a bigger syndicate that is now targeting petrol stations in smaller towns.” said DCI
