The Twists And Turns Are RP And 3 Of His Colleagues, Hunting For Elpiji Gas In Bogor Thenoplos In Warteg, A Month Untung Rp90 Million

Disclosure of cases of subsidized LPG gas collection at the Bogor Police Office, Cibinong, Bogor Regency, West Java/ANTARA

BOGOR - Bogor Resort Police, West Java revealed a subsidized LPG gas polling syndicate under the guise of a stall (warteg) in Rawajun Village, Cileungsi, Bogor Regency. "The perpetrator bought three kilograms of LPG gas in the Bogor area and was taken to the warteg belonging to the perpetrator to be transferred to a 12-kilogram tube and then sold to the Jakarta area," said Deputy Chief of Police Bogor, Kompol Wisnu Perdana Putra when the case was released in Cibinong, Bogor, Antara, Tuesday, September 6. Police officers arrested one suspect with the initials RP (37), and three other people who helped RP are now on the wanted list (DPO). Based on the suspect's statement, during the three months of gas collection, RP and his three friends made a profit of up to Rp. 90 million per month. The suspect is threatened with being charged with Article 55 of Law Number 22 of 2001 concerning Gas Oil which has been amended by Article 40 points (9) of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation. In addition, the suspect was also charged with Article 62 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 8 paragraph (1) letter b and c of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection and/or Article 32 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 30 of Law Number 2 of 1981 concerning the Metrology of Legal. "With a maximum penalty of six years and a fine of Rp. 60 billion," said Vishnu. Meanwhile, the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bogor Police, AKP Siswo DC Tarigan in the same place explained that the suspect accommodated three kilograms of LPG by buying from a number of LPG gas bases in the Bogor area. Sometimes, the gas is delivered by the owner of the base or RP itself comes to buy. "Then they were collected at a warteg belonging to the perpetrator named Warteg Karisma Bahari for'sunting'. From four three kilograms of tubes, they were injected into one tab of 12 kilograms," explained Siswo. From the hands of the suspect, the police secured a number of evidences, such as 508 three-kilogram LPG cylinders filled with gas. Then 67 empty pink 12 kilogram LPG gas cylinders. Then, 103 LPG gas cylinders measuring 12 kilograms of empty blue, a 12 kilogram LPG gas cylinder filled with gas from injections from the text of 3 kilograms subsidy. "We also secured 40 injection iron pipes, a scale, one and a half sacks of gas cylinder seal, one gas rubber plastic, a hammer, a CCTV recorder and a cell phone," said Siswo.