Police arrest oil hoarder

SEMARANG: Police here have detained a man on charges of hoarding 1,386 drums and 8,335 boxes of lubricants worth hundreds of millions of rupiah.

"The place was raided after a tip-off by local residents," Semarang police chief Lt. Col. Soenarko told reporters yesterday.

The Central Java authorities suspect the hoarder, identified only as Sn, aged 40, also sold tainted lubricants because they also found empty cans and coloring substances.

Earlier last week, police uncovered a hoard of 1,600 drums and 7,000 boxes of lube oil on Jl. Industri Raya belonging to HR, 42. (har)