Authorities sniff out diesel smuggling syndicate, seize 31,000 litres of fuel


IPOH: A diesel syndicate disguised as a sawmill in Sauk, Kuala Kangsar was exposed when the Perak Ministry of Domestic Trade and Living Costs seized 31,000 litres of the subsidised fuel in a raid at an unnumbered premises today.

Perak ministry director Datuk Kamalludin Ismail said the syndicate also had hired a ‘tonto’ (an informant) to prevent the authorities from sniffing out their clandestine activity

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