Police Arrest 5 Perpetrators Of Embezzlement 39 Tons Of Crude Palm Oil In Kubar

Two fuso tank trucks used by the suspects to embezzle the company's CPO (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The police arrested five people in the case of crude palm oil (CPO) belonging to PT AMS, a plantation company and producer of CPO in West Kutai, East Kalimantan, the police also confiscated 39 tons of CPO from a warehouse in Mencimai, southwest of Barong Tongkok.

"We also secured two fuso tank trucks carrying CPO used by the perpetrators of embezzling the company's CPO," said West Kutai Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police (AKBP) Heri Rusyaman, Saturday, quoted by Antara.

As explained by the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Kasatreskrim) of the Kubar Police, Adjunct Commissioner of Police (AKP) Asriadi Jafar, the perpetrators broke the original seal on the tap for CPO expenses in a tanker truck with a special key, and then by using a diesel pump installed behind the tank, removing a number of CPOs into a shelter in the Minister of Justice.

Considering that the evidence obtained reached 39 tons, it is believed that this action has been carried out by the perpetrators many times. This also raises suspicions from the company's audit team.

"They then made a report to us which we immediately followed up by conducting an investigation," said Police Chief Heri.

Police investigations led to the arrest. Without much story, the five immediately became suspects.

"Two suspects each with the initials HS and EN are company employees. Both are threatened with 5 years in prison and sentenced to 374 of the Criminal Code, then Article 372 of the Criminal Code carries a 4-year prison sentence, and Article 480 of the Criminal Code carries a threat of 4 years in prison," he said.

Currently, the five suspects are also detained along with evidence in the form of two CPO tank trucks with police numbers KT-8714-CL and PK-8875-SF, goods delivery letters, work agreement SPK letters, and tank truck certificates.