Early In The Morning, The West Java Regional Police Thwarted A Man Who Wanted To Smuggle 20 Tons Of Gas Into A Non-subsidized Tube

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JAKARTA - The West Java Police's Ditreskrimsus foiled the smuggling of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) from a tanker truck carrying 20 tons of gas to non-subsidized gas cylinders in Patokbeusi, Subang Regency, West Java. Arief Rachman said the ambush occurred at 03.00 WIB. At that time, his party caught the perpetrator who was transferring gas from the tanker truck.

"During the investigation, they found a Pertamina tank car belonging to PT ER with the number plate B-9154-UWX which is suspected of carrying 20,000 kg of LPG," said Arief, Thursday, July 14, quoted from Antara. who is in charge of the location. Based on the initial investigation, his party suspected that the gas was transferred from the tanker truck to a temporary storage tank at the location. Next, the gas from the holding tank is put into non-subsidized LPG cylinders. "Based on the shipping documents (trucks) as much as 20,000 kg of LPG was taken from the Eretan Indramayu Refinery to be sent to SPBE Linggarjati Subang," he said. The gas smuggling violates Law Number 35 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas which has been amended by Law no. 11/2020 concerning Job Creation and/or Article 62 of Law no. 8/1999 concerning Consumer Protection. "Furthermore, we are still examining the witness, PT ER's transporter, and examining the Eretan Oil Refinery," said Arief.