Police are in pursuit of seven men who were captured on CCTV during a botched robbery at a petrol station in Matungulu, Machakos.

A CCTV footage seen by the Star shows five of the men who raided a petrol station located along Nairobi–Kangundo road in Tala town.

They were dressed in attires resembling those of police officers.

Matungulu subcounty police commander Peter Omondi said the incident happened at around 3.00 am on Friday night.

The CCTV footage shows the men ransacking an office within the petrol station at 2:09:06 am.

Omondi said the thugs attempted to steal from the filling station after attacking and tying two of its workers and locking them in a store in vain.

“This was an attempted robbery at Delta petrol station where seven robbers stormed the said petrol station and tied the personnel and locked them in a store,” Omondi told the Star on Saturday.

"They then proceeded to break the safe room but were not able as police were alerted by a bodaboda operator."

He said the suspects disappeared in darkness when police rushed to the scene.

No arrest had been made by press time.

“There are no arrests yet, analysis of the CCTV footage is ongoing at the DCI headquarters,” Omondi said.

The police boss, however, exuded confidence that all the suspects will be arrested and arraigned in a court of law.

He said it was just a matter of time before the law caught up with the thugs. - GEORGE OWITI, The Star