Large scale oil racket busted

Large scale oil racket busted

August 20, 2010   05:31 pm

The Special Task Force (STF) today managed to bust a large scale oil racket and seized over 85, 000 liters of diesel contained in several bowsers in and around Colombo and Kadawatha city limits.

 

 

 

The raids were made following information gathered by the STF intelligence unit while 11 suspects were also placed under custody for illegal sale of diesel.

 

The suspects are reported to have degraded the diesel before reselling by the mixing a low grade chemical with the fuel.

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