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The suspect and the car used for the abuse of subsidized fuel trading at the Bantul Police Headquarters, DIY, Tuesday (18/10/2022) (Doc of Public Relations of the Bantul Police)

The Bantul Police Satreskrim arrested two perpetrators suspected of being involved in criminal acts of abuse of transportation and trading of subsidized fuel oil (BBM) in this area.

"On Friday (October 14) the Bantul Police Satreskrim secured two people suspected of having something to do with the alleged criminal act of abuse of transportation or subsidized fuel trading in the Bantul Police jurisdiction," said Bantul Police Chief AKPB Ihsan at a press conference at the Bantul Police Headquarters, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY), Tuesday 18 October.

The disclosure of this case began with a report on Friday, October 14 in the morning. The report suspects that there were two four-wheeled vehicles that filled biosolar fuel many times at the public gas station (SPBU) on Jalan Imogiri Timur, Pleret, Bantul.

Following up, Bantul Police personnel immediately conducted an investigation in the East Imogiri area. At the location, members suspected a Mitsubishi Horse number AB-189-LU was red, and a passenger car with the Isuzu Panther brand number B-1440-KYJ silver.

When filling subsidized fuel, the two cars had twice filled or left the gas station and returned to the gas station to buy subsidized diesel.

"Then Unit 2 of the Tipidter of the Bantul Police Satreskrim immediately stopped the two vehicles and secured the driver of the two cars, known to have the initials ISK (35) and ES (45)," he said.

He said Unit 2 of the Tipidter of the Bantul Police Satreskrim who checked the two cars found that the car tanks had been modified with a capacity of 500 liters each.

"Furthermore, the two people and their vehicles were taken to the Bantul Police for further processing," he said.

In addition to evidence of two cars, based on an Antara report, officers secured a container in the form of a white box in an empty condition with a capacity of 1,000 liters.

Furthermore, two white box-shaped shelters containing full biosolar fuel each have a capacity of 1,000 liters, one pump, and four tubes.

According to him, the two perpetrators were suspected of abusing the transportation and trading of subsidized fuel as regulated in Article 55 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas as amended by Article 40 of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation.

"With the threat of a sentence of six years and a maximum fine of Rp. 60 billion," he said.