KOTA BHARU: A man who made repeated fuel purchases at a petrol station in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas, was apprehended by a team of enforcement officers during an Integrated Operation on Saturday (June 30).
Kelantan Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry director Azman Ismail said that the activity was detected when his team received information regarding the incident while conducting joint operations with the General Operations Force around petrol stations in Rantau Panjang.
He said the team then monitored the movements of several vehicles making repeated fuel purchases at petrol stations around the area.
"It was then that the operation team apprehended a man in his 30s with a locally registered vehicle for suspected involvement in petrol misappropriation.
"Based on the team's observations, the closed-circuit television camera footage and purchase records, the suspect was found to have purchased RM100 worth of petrol at 11.11 am and a second purchase of RM75 at 12.28 pm," he said in a statement on Sunday (June 30).
Following the incident, Azman said that the domestic trade ministry investigated the petrol station under the Control of Supplies Act 1961 for violating the ministry's Supply Control Directive by allowing the suspect to make repeated fuel purchases.
"33 litres of petrol valued at RM68 was seized, with a total confiscation value of RM5,068, including the seized vehicle. The suspect was detained for offences under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961,” he said.
Azman added that the Kelantan domestic trade ministry is stepping up efforts to prevent leakages of controlled goods by conducting monitoring and prevention patrols at petrol stations within a 50km radius of the national border.
He added that the Kelantan domestic trade ministry would not compromise with any individual involved in control goods misappropriation activities. – Bernama
