SEMARANG – After arresting two cooking oil collectors in Kudus, the Central Java Police also revealed a case of misuse of LPG gas carried out by a suspect with the initials SR alias JN.
Central Java Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi said the modus operandi used by the perpetrators was to inject gas into 3 kg LPG cylinders into 5 kg and 12 kg canisters. Luthfi said, the suspect did it in the Gondangrejo area, Kab. Karanganyar, Central Java.
"So the LPG gas in the subsidized 3 kg 'melon' tube, the contents are injected into the non-subsidized tube, namely 5.5 kg and 12 kg," said Ahmad Luthfi, in a statement released, Tuesday, February 22.
Luthfi said, in carrying out the action, the perpetrators moved between rented places so that they were not easily identified by residents.
From the results of the arrest, the police secured a number of evidences in the form of hundreds of 3 kilo, 5.5 kg and 12 kg LPG cylinders, hanging scales and 1 unit of pick-up car as a means of transporting gas cylinders.
For this act, the suspect was charged with Article 55 of Law no. 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas as amended in article 40 point 9 of Law number 11 of 2020 concerning job creation with a maximum imprisonment of 6 (six) years and a maximum fine of Rp. 60,000,000,000 (sixty billion rupiah).
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