Police Seize 200 Illegal 3 Kg Gas Cylinders And Arrest Seller In Konawe

Hundreds of cylinders were secured by the Konawe Police, Southeast Sulawesi/Photo: Antara

KENDARI - The Konawe Police Criminal and Investigation Unit, Southeast Sulawesi, confiscated 200 3 kg gas cylinders suspected of not having a sales license or a business license. The hundreds of subsidized gas cylinders were secured from a person with the initials MT on Jalan Poros, Kumapo Village, Onembute District, Konawe Regency. The gas cylinder was loaded by a man with the initials MT in a white pickup with Police Number DD-8347-DF. Furthermore, members of the Tipiter Polres Konawe picked up and secured the perpetrators to the Konawe Police. He revealed that the MT perpetrators did not have a legal entity and the 3 kg LPG cylinders were not purchased at Pertamina or from the base but were purchased from stalls in Kolaka Regency. East at a price of Rp. 25 thousand, then it will be sold for Rp. 28 thousand to Rp. 30 thousand per cylinder. he said. The perpetrators were charged with Article 55 of Law Number 11 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas and Article 55 of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation in conjunction with Article 56 of the Criminal Code with a threat of six years in prison.