4WD driver pumping diesel into modified tank arrested in Sabah

 Diesel worth nearly RM13,000 and the vehicle were seized from him.

Sabah domestic trade and cost of living ministry director Shahril Nizam Shahidin said the suspect was found acting suspiciously at a petrol station in Penampang.

PETALING JAYA:

 The Sabah branch of the domestic trade and cost of living ministry foiled an attempt to misappropriate subsidised diesel in Penampang last Friday, seizing diesel worth RM12,897.

Its director, Shahril Nizam Shahidin, said authorities arrested a man in his 30s for allegedly pumping more than the permitted diesel limit.

He said the arrest and seizure were the result of monitoring and continuous intelligence gathering on suspicious activity at several petrol stations around Kota Kinabalu.

“The suspect was using a four-wheel-drive vehicle and found acting suspiciously at a petrol pump.

“Further inspection found that the suspect was filling diesel into an additional tank beyond the permitted limit,” Bernama reported him as saying today

Among the items seized were the vehicle, a 1,000-litre tank containing 250 litres of diesel, an electric pump and rubber hoses.

Shahril said the suspect and the petrol station operator will be investigated under the Control of Supplies Act 1961. - FMT