Drivers 'unaware' they smuggled fuel

Drivers 'unaware' they smuggled fuel

CILEGON, West Java: Twenty-nine drivers of tanker trucks were
arrested on Friday by local police for illegally transporting
diesel fuel. The drivers said they were not aware of what they
were doing.

Some of the drivers told interrogators on Saturday they were
shocked when their trucks were intercepted by police officers.
They also admitted to having no delivery orders.

The diesel fuel the drivers and their assistants were
transporting was allegedly to be smuggled to Singapore via the
Pelindo II pier in Ciwandan, West Java.

Cilegon Police chief Supt. Irawan Dachlan told Antara the
mastermind of the illegal business and the owner of the smuggled
diesel fuel was identified by his initial "Y". (sur)