Jambi police detain palm oil hoarders

Jambi police detain palm oil hoarders

JAMBI, Jambi: Batanghari district police in the province of Jambi
have intensified efforts to uncover those involved in a network
stockpiling crude palm oil, following the arrest of two suspects.

Batanghari Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Joko Turochman said on
Monday that he had sent a team of detectives and intelligence
officers to probe the network in the regency.

The suspects, identified by his initials as Sit, 40, and his
worker, named only as LS, were arrested with at least 107 drums
of oil during an operation at the villages of Sungai Buluh and
Ladangpris Bajubang.

Joko said many individuals or officials were suspected of
involvement in the hoarding, which has caused an unspecified
amount of losses to the regency, particularly state-owned
plantation firms.

He said the officials in question had tried to defend the
detained suspects by providing data that contradicted the
findings in the field. --Antara