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SUMSEL - The South Sumatra Police (Sumsel) arrested six people suspected of mixing diesel fuel in Muara Enim Regency.

The perpetrators with the initials SA (41), TR (40), ED (53), HO (41), LE (41), and Tr (50) are residents of Karang Agung Village, Penukal Abab Regency Lematang Ilir (Pali), South Sumatra.

The South Sumatran Police Chief Inspector General Toni Harmanto said the suspects were arrested by the Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Unit Sub-Directorate IV on the Prabumulih Highway, Tanjung Terang Village, Muara Enim, in the early hours of Friday, March 11th.

According to Toni, the Regional Police received a report from BPH Migas that suspected that there was an activity of mixing industrial diesel fuel with illegal crude oil mixed in Gunung Megang District, Muara Enim, the day before the arrest.

“When we checked the location together with BPH Migas, it was found that there was mixing activity. The suspect was immediately arrested for questioning at the Police Headquarters," said the Regional Police Chief in Palembang, Antara, Tuesday, March 22.

Toni ensured that the police would investigate the case, which is thought to have a turnover of billions of rupiah per day, to reveal who the perpetrators were. "We will investigate further so that it is possible that there will be other suspects in the future," he said.

The police confiscated evidence in the form of two tanker trucks containing 16 thousand liters of diesel fuel each with police numbers BG-8125-NL and BG-8126-NL, four tanker trucks with a capacity of five thousand liters each, 34 bags of vegetable oil refining flour. , five thousand liters of mixed oil, and 10 thousand liters of refined oil.

Then, five pieces of PT PLM's operational delivery letter, one yellow scale ticket from PT GMS, one note, notebook, and several plastic jerry cans filled with oil.

For these actions, the suspects are subject to Article 54 of Law (UU) No. 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas (Migas) in which anyone who imitates or falsifies BBM and natural gas and their processed products as referred to in Article 28 paragraph (1) shall be subject to criminal sanctions. imprisonment for a maximum of six years and a maximum fine of Rp


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