NTT Police Examine Police Allegedly Involved In Hoarding Subsidized Fuel

A number of empty drums used for diesel fuel have been vacated by collectors. ANTARA/Ho

The team from Internal Security (Paminal) of the Kupang City Police and the East Nusa Tenggara Regional Police are investigating a police officer with the initials A who is involved in hoarding diesel fuel (BBM) in the Kupang City area.

Kupang City Police Chief Kombes Aldinan Manurung said the police officer is currently a member of the Kupang City Police.

"After I conducted an investigation, it was revealed that there was involvement of a member of the Kupang City Police with the initials A," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 4.

This involvement of A, said the number one person at the Kupang City Police, was discovered after he collected information from the collectors.

His party has also secured two diesel fuel storage sites (BBM), which are located in Fatukoa Village, Maulafa District and Alak Village, Alak District, which when examined have been vacated, the remaining networks and a number of drums.

The member with the initials A was directly involved in delivering and escorting to delivery.

"It is possible that A is also involved as a collector, currently the person concerned is still being investigated," he added.

He also suspected that a number of diesel fuel found in the two places would be sold to Timor Leste because the country had difficulty getting diesel fuel.

Moreover, he said, there is a very promising advantage if it is sold in this neighboring country because according to him the selling price per liter is in the price range of IDR 21 thousand and above.

The police chief emphasized that he was not playing with the fuel mafia in Kupang City, therefore he asked the TNI to collaborate in fighting the fuel mafia in the capital city of NTT Province.

Because this mafia network is thought to have reached Timor Leste, let alone sales to several national road construction projects in the Indonesia-Timor Leste border area.

"But that's small, it is suspected that the most sold to Timor Leste," he added.

From the results of the temporary inspection, the modus operandi carried out by collectors to get diesel fuel is to use the QR Code owned by fishermen obtained.

"So they easily came to a number of gas stations to buy diesel and hoard it," he said.