Fuel distributor nabbed for smuggling

Thu, 22 Sep 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

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

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