South Kalimantan Police Confiscate 800 3 Kg LPG Tubes From Naughty Bases

Director of Criminal Investigation at the South Kalimantan Police, Kombes M Gafur Aditya Siregar. (ANTARA/Firman)

The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the South Kalimantan Regional Police (Ditreskrimsus Polda Kalsel) confiscated as many as 800 3-kilogram LPG cylinders from three rogue bases that misappropriated the distribution of subsidized LPG.

"Two bases were found selling above the highest retail price (HET) and the other mode was oplos LPG," said South Kalimantan Police Criminal Investigation Director Kombes M Gafur Aditya Siregar as reported by ANTARA, Monday, April 22.

For two bases that have committed criminal violations of HET, one is in East Martapura District, Banjar Regency and the other is in Tanah Laut Regency.

Meanwhile, those who mixed from 3 kilograms of LPG subsidies to 12 kilograms non-subsidized LPG, the base is in Tabalong Regency.

"The perpetrator of this mixing also reduces the heavy dose of the gas that should be," explained Gafur accompanied by Head of Sub-Directorate I Indagsi AKBP Fadli.

Of the three bases being prosecuted, the police have named four suspects, each with the initials A, B, M and S.

The four of them were charged with Article 40 number 9 of the Job Creation Law which amended Article 55 of Law Number 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas of the Earth with a maximum imprisonment of six years and a maximum fine of IDR 60 billion.

Gafur stated that the action was to protect the public as consumers so that they could get subsidized LPG according to the price, the government should have set it.

He also reminded both LPG bases and LPG agents not to commit violations of the law which could result in harming the community, especially the small people as the object of the distribution of subsidized LPG.