KALIPURO – Banyuwangi Satpolair investigators continue to explore the disclosure of illegal transactions in the sale and purchase of diesel fuel involving tugboats (TB) Fortuna Andre 03 and Motorboats (KM) Means of Success that took place in the waters of Tanjung Wangi Harbor.
To strengthen the suspicion of the five perpetrators, The police plan to ask Pertamina and the ship owner for information. Pertamina is being questioned because the tugboat is urinating 8 The illegal tonne of diesel is rented by the state-owned company.
It means, The diesel fuel in the hull sold by the captain and crew belonged to Pertamina. “So Pertamina is the victim. Without Pertamina's permission, buying and selling is not legal or illegal,"said AKP Basori Alwi, Head of the Banyuwangi Police Headquarters.
Apart from Pertamina, Basori also said that he would ask for information from the ship owner. It did not specify when the inspection was carried out. He only said that in the near future both parties will be questioned about the incident.
The disparity or difference in the price of subsidized and non-subsidized diesel is suspected to be one of the triggers for the illegal selling and buying of diesel fuel. In the market, non-subsidized diesel for industry is sold at a price of Rp 11 thousand. Practice, diesel fuel which was actually the tugboat's operational quota was misused by the crew, among them by selling it to another ship.
That raises the officer's suspicion. Basori and his staff are currently investigating the roles of the five suspects, including examining documents seized from the TB Fortuna Andre . ship 03 when raided by officers. Investigate similar practices not to be repeated, Satpolair ranks plan to reactivate marine patrols.
The intensity of the partoli will be increased. Ships leaning and anchoring around Tanjung Wangi Port will be the target of officers' supervision. Meanwhile, related to KM Sarana Sukses as evidence, The police are now considering borrowing the evidence.
That's because the ship contains subsidized fertilizer that must be sent to the Sheet area, Lombok. If you are late, of course, it will threaten the survival of the farmers there. Meanwhile, related to the TB Fortuna Andre . ship 03, Basori mentions, will be supervised by officers.
The status is the same as KM Sarana Sukses, which is under surveillance and becomes evidence. "We are still consulting regarding the contents of the ship's cargo,"he said. As reported yesterday, The practice of buying and selling illegal diesel fuel at Tanjung Wangi Port was revealed by the Banywangi Police Satpolir.
Unmitigated, In the disclosure, eight tons of illegal diesel were confiscated. The diesel was secured from a transaction between the tugboat crew Fortuna Andre 03 and Motorboats (KM) Means of Success that transports subsidized fertilizer. Five people were immediately named as suspects.
They are from the tugboat and KM Sarana Sukses. The five people who were arrested were Mus Mulyadi, 38, nakhodaKapal Motor (KM) Means of Success; Abdul Haris Rajab, 48, head of the engine room KM Sarana Sukses; Sulistyono, 39, head of the tugboat engine room; Soni, 37, nakhoda tugboat; and Ahadiat Husaini, 31, TB Wonokromo's crew. (radar)
