Contractor arrested for illegal diesel purchase in Tumpat


TUMPAT: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry Kelantan branch has arrested a contractor at a petrol station in Wakaf Aik, Tawang in Bachok for purchasing diesel using 15 blue plastic containers without a permit.

State Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry director Azman Ismail said the 29-year-old man was arrested at 9pm last night by a ministry team conducting surveillance at the station.

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