Police foil sales of mixed fuel

Police foil sales of mixed fuel

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The local air and water police unit
(Polairud) foiled on Friday attempts to transport adulterated
gasoline from Makassar Strait to other cities outside the
province in the early hours of Friday.

Earlier, Polairud caught workers of CV Minas Gasiondo mixing
gasoline with other substances at the fisherman village of
Paotere.

"We arrested them when they were about to leave with the
adulterated gasoline for their waiting ship," chief of the air
and water police unit Sr. Comr. TP Siahaan told reporters on
Friday.

There were no details on how many people were arrested in
connection with the crime.

During the arrest, police also seized a 15,000 liter-capacity
gasoline container and a vessel, suspected to be used to
transport the gasoline to other places outside Makassar.

According to Siahaan the suspects will be charged under Law No
8/1999 on consumer protection and could face five years
imprisonment or be fined Rp 2 billion. (27)