{"id":358944,"date":"2017-10-04T11:19:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T11:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=358944"},"modified":"2017-10-04T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T11:19:18","slug":"another-truckload-of-smuggled-contaminated-fuel-impounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/another-truckload-of-smuggled-contaminated-fuel-impounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Another truckload of smuggled ‘contaminated’ fuel impounded"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has impounded a vehicle carrying ‘contaminated’ diesel at the Buipe depot in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
The long vehicle with registration number GN3009-09 is in police custody pending further investigations.<\/p>\n
The seized product is 50,000 litres of diesel valued at GHc213,500.<\/p>\n
The driver, Hamza File, is assisting the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), and the police administration to establish the source of the product.<\/p>\n
The BNI has instructed that the vehicle should be transferred to the regional command.<\/p>\n
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The transporter, Alhaji Amadu used Star Oil Company Limited invoice to perpetuate the illegality.<\/p>\n
Citi News<\/strong>‘ reliable sources at Star Oil Company Limited revealed that, the company does not own the said vehicle.<\/p>\n It has also been established that the NPA has disapproved of cross zonal lifting of diesel.<\/p>\n The measure forms part of the NPA’s strive to stop smuggling of contaminated fuel which lately gained media\u00a0attention.<\/p>\n