The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police revealed the practice of mixing subsidized liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in the Karawang and Semarang areas. The mode used moves to larger or non-subsidized tubes.
The Director of Certain Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Nunung Syaifuddin, detailed that for the mixing that took place in Karawang, the perpetrator with the initials TN alias E transferred the contents of the subsidized gas to a 12 kilogram tube.
"The suspect established an LPG gas base which was used as camouflage and media in collecting government subsidized LPG which was then used as raw material for the injection process or transfer of contents of 3 kilos of LPG to LPG 12 kilos non-subsidized," Nunung told reporters, Monday, May 5.
In the mixing, the suspect needed four subsidized gas cylinders to fully fill the 12 kilogram or non-subsidized tubes.
After the naughty practice was completed, the suspect sold it to the public at a non-subsidized price. Thus, getting a large enough profit.
"Furthermore, the 12-kilo non-subsidized gas cylinders from injections are sold to the public at non-subsidized prices," he said.
From the first case, investigators confiscated various pieces of evidence, including 386 gas cylinders with details of 254 gas cylinders 3 kilos, 38 gas cylinders 5.5 kilos, and 94 gas cylinders 12 kilos.
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Meanwhile, for the mixed cases revealed in the Semarang area, three people were named as suspects. They have the initials FZSW alias A, DS, and KKI.
For the modus operandi, it is not much different. The contents of the subsidized gas into non-subsidized gas cylinders were carried out by suspects DS and KKI. Meanwhile, FZSW alias A is the mastermind of the crime.
"On average, the injecting suspect can inject 50 to 60 tubes of 12 kilos in one day so that if they work together a day they can fill the 12-kilo tube as much as 100 to 120 kilos," he said.
In this case, investigators confiscated 4,109 gas cylinders with details of 20 tubes measuring 50 kilograms, 649 tubes measuring 12 kilograms, 95 tubes measuring 5.5 kilograms, and 3,346 tubes measuring 3 kilograms.
On the other hand, Nunung emphasized that his party will continue to eradicate fraudulent practices related to subsidized goods. Because, not only harming the state but also the wider community.
"That the perpetrators of the abuse of subsidized goods are traitors to the state and traitor to the people," said Nunung.
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