Fuel distributor nabbed for smuggling

JAYAPURA, Papua: Jayapura municipal police have arrested a fuel distributor for alleged fuel smuggling.

A top police officer said on Wednesday that Dwi, the fuel distributor, was arrested earlier on Tuesday for selling fuel to residents of neighboring country Papua New Guinea.

The arrest came after testimony from six people arrested by the Indonesian Navy last week that the fuel they delivered to Papua New Guinea was bought from Dwi, said chief of Jayapura police Adj. Sr. Comr. Paulus Waterpauw. The six people consist of three Indonesians and three Papua New Guinea citizens. Police said that Dwi and the six other persons should have sold the fuel to the Indonesian public at the standard retail price but instead they sold it to buyers in Papua New Guinea for higher gain. -- Antara