Subsidised diesel seized, warehouse owner detained

Seized: Nordin (left) and Mohd Naser (right) showing the specially built tanks inside a truck to store subsidised diesel siphoned from the truck’s fuel tank.

MUAR: The marine police here have detained a warehouse owner and seized some 11,000 litres of subsidised diesel worth about RM22,000 after a one-week surveillance on a truck.

Muar marine police chief Asst Supt Nordin Osman said a team, headed by Insp. Mohd Naser Marzuke, followed the truck after the driver stopped at a petrol kiosk in the town at about 10am recently.