ALOR SETAR: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) detained a Thai woman for attempting to smuggle diesel at a petrol station in Kuala Nerang.
The suspect, aged in her 40s, was arrested following a public tip-off and intelligence gathered by KPDN enforcement officers.
Muhammad Nizam Jamaludin, Kedah KPDN director, stated that the woman was seen filling a pickup truck with diesel before switching registration plates.
“Further inspection revealed diesel stored in a modified tank,” he said in a statement.
The petrol station involved was found to have sold 273 litres of diesel in one transaction, breaching supply control regulations.
Authorities confiscated diesel worth RM800, a pickup truck, and documents totalling RM30,790.
The case is being investigated under the Control of Supplies Act 1961. – Bernama
