OKU Police Name Suspect In BBM Coupling Warehouse Case

Police raided an illegal fuel supply warehouse in OKU Regency, South Sumatra. (ANTARA/Edo Purmana/23)

BATURAJA - Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Police, South Sumatra has named TO (36) as a suspect in the possession of illegal Pertalite, diesel and pertamax oil (BBM).

OKU Police Chief AKBP Arif Harsono said his party had named one suspect who mixed and the owner of an illegal fuel that was raided by a joint team of the Intelligence and Security Unit and the OKU Police Satreskrim in the warehouse area of Talang Aman Hamlet, Batu Kuning Village, Baturaja Barat District on July 30, 2023.

He explained that the determination of the suspect was after his party conducted a case title and a series of investigations and investigations until the elements of evidence and witnesses were fulfilled.

After being named a suspect, said the Police Chief, the police officers picked up the TO suspect to be secured at the OKU Police Headquarters for further legal proceedings.

The police chief also said that his party would immediately transfer the case to the OKU District Attorney.

"We have detained the suspect since September 4, 2023. If the case file is complete or P21, the delegation stage will be carried out to the OKU District Attorney," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, September 5.

In addition to detaining the suspect, in this case the police also confiscated evidence in the form of a silver Daihatsu GrandMax car, a black L300 car containing 38 jerry cans measuring 35 liters empty, 40 jerry cans measuring 35 liters each containing pertalite type fuel.

"In the warehouse, four jerry cans were found, allegedly containing diesel fuel and nine empty shelter tendons with a capacity of 1,000 liters," he said.

The suspect was charged with Article 55 in conjunction with Article 53 Letter (c) of Law Number 22 of 2001 concerning oil and natural gas which has been amended in paragraph 5 of Article 40 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2022 concerning job creation with the threat of imprisonment for six years and a maximum fine of IDR 60 billion.