Bali Police Unload Pertalite Fuel Hoarding, Modified Pickup Car Tank

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The Bali Regional Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate revealed the hoarding of subsidized fuel by a pickup car driver I Nyoman Manis (58) by modifying gasoline tanks to be traded to the general public and fishermen.

"The perpetrators used to buy pertalite type subsidized fuel at Pertamina gas stations using a pickup and remove fuel from the car's tank through a modified tap and then put it in jerry cans and bottles that have been prepared for resale," said Head of Sub-Directorate IV Tipidter Ditreskrimsus Bali Police AKBP Iqbal Sangaji, Friday, November 29.

Iqbal said the IMS perpetrators bought pertalite fuel at a price of Rp. 10,000 per liter and then resold it at a price of Rp. 11,300 to residents around his house and to fishermen in Karangasem.

With this selling price, the perpetrators reap an average profit of IDR 5 million per month since May 2023.

The motive for the crime is to obtain personal benefits from subsidized fuel provided by the government for the community. As a result of the crime, the perpetrators of the state were harmed by around Rp36 million.

He explained that the case was revealed after the Bali Police Ditreskrimsus team found the perpetrators moving fuel from the pickup car tank with the number DK8554 TF to jerry cans and bottles on an empty land on Jalan Banteng, Padangkerta, Karangasem on November 21, 2024.

In addition, officers also found evidence in the form of several jerry cans with a capacity of 30 liters which had been filled with subsidized fuel pertalite, several bottles with a capacity of 1.5 liters containing pertalite fuel and tens of plastic bottles with a capacity of 1.5 liters.

The evidence that was secured was a black pickup, a Pertalite fuel of approximately 160 liters, and dozens of barcodes.

For this action, the perpetrator was charged with Article 55 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas as amended in Article 40 number 9 of Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning the stipulation of government regulations in lieu of Law No. 2 of 2022 concerning job creation into law with a maximum imprisonment of six years and a fine of Rp. 60 billion.