Business News of Monday, 26 September 2016Source: Business in CameroonDomestic gas cylinders seized in a siphoning warehouseDomestic gas cylindersEmpty by half a domestic gas cylinder and redistribute the quantity taken out between three other cylinders each sold at FCfa 6,500. This is what Fidèle Fonkou, owner of a gas depot for 2 years in the suburbs of the Cameroonian capital, was doing. An activity dangerous and risky activity for the populations living close by and detrimental to consumers. According to the officials in charge of the departmental delegation of Commerce for Mfoundi, this operator used to tampering with domestic gas cylinders will be tried in court, in addition to losing the authorisation which allowed him to operate in the domestic gas distribution sector in Cameroon. Due to this lucrative activity for shady distributors, Cameroonian housewives have been constantly complaining about gas cylinders which officially weigh 12 Kg, but which are surprisingly often empty after only two or three days of use.
