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        "id": 1687365,
        "msgid": "police-uncover-lpg-gas-mixing-operation-perpetrator-profits-tens-of-millions-of-rupiah-1776635441",
        "date": "2026-04-20 03:51:00",
        "title": "Police Uncover LPG Gas Mixing Operation, Perpetrator Profits Tens of Millions of Rupiah",
        "author": "Karta Raharja Ucu",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indramayu police have dismantled an illegal operation mixing subsidised 3kg LPG cylinders into non-subsidised 12kg ones, arresting a suspect who caused state losses of tens of millions of rupiah. The case, uncovered in Blok Nambo, Gantar District, followed reports of subsidy misuse, with the perpetrator transferring subsidised gas contents and selling them at market prices for profit. This bust highlights ongoing challenges in protecting Indonesia's subsidised fuel distribution from fraud, potentially impacting government energy subsidy programmes.",
        "content": "<p>Indramayu police have successfully dismantled a case of mixing\nsubsidised 3kg LPG gas into 12kg LPG gas, with the perpetrator causing\nlosses to the state finances amounting to tens of millions of rupiah.\nIndramayu Police Chief, AKBP Mochamad Fajar Gemilang, stated that the\nLPG mixing case occurred in the Blok Nambo area, Gantar\nVillage\/District, Indramayu Regency. \u201cIn this case, we secured one\nsuspect with initials RW (40), a resident of Gantar Village\/District,\u201d\nsaid Fajar, accompanied by the Head of Criminal Investigation, AKP M\nArwin Bachar, during a press conference at the Indramayu Police\nHeadquarters on Wednesday (15\/4\/2026). He explained that the case\u2019s\nrevelation stemmed from information received by officers regarding the\nmisuse of subsidised LPG in Gantar District. Upon receiving the\ninformation, officers proceeded to the location and found the suspect\nloading 12kg LPG cylinders into a Carry pickup truck on Tuesday\n(7\/4\/2026). After conducting a search, police discovered numerous\nsubsidised 3kg LPG cylinders and several other pieces of evidence at the\nscene. The suspect could not deny the act and admitted to mixing the LPG\ngas. In the case, the suspect transferred the contents of subsidised 3kg\nLPG cylinders to non-subsidised 12kg LPG cylinders using prepared\nequipment. Subsequently, the suspect sold the LPG gas at non-subsidised\nprices to consumers.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-uncover-lpg-gas-mixing-operation-perpetrator-profits-tens-of-millions-of-rupiah-1776635441",
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