Customs Enforcers, Rangers Foil Petrol Smuggling Attempt
By Azlan Othman

Bandar Seri Begawan - The country's enforcement officers once again thwarted an attempt to smuggle petrol out of the country through the notorious mouse-trail route.

A team of nine personnel from the Preventive and Intelligence Section of the Royal Brunei Customs and Excise Department along with five personnel from the Royal Brunei Police Reserve Unit `C' Company in -Muara succeeded in foiling an attempt to smuggle 18 tanks of regular petrol by leaving them at the side of the road in the middle of a farmland in Jln Junjungan, close to the T - junction of the KualaLurah-Junjungan road.

According to the Acting Deputy Head of Preventive and Intelligence, the Section had previously foiled efforts to smuggle petrol across the border by means of modified car petroltanks or by the sea route technique.

"But this time the petrol was left at two separate areas on the roadside, about one kilometre from the JunjunganLimbang border," he said.

Initially, the suspect bought the petrol from the filling station, entered the farmland road at around 9am and left them (petrol) there before someone took it away later on that day, it was learnt.

But the activity was detected by the Customs Enforcement Officers some assistance from the Royal Brunei Police Reserve Unit (or better known as Ranger Police).

The tanks used to store the petrol were those of an unauthorised type and against the Brunei Shell Marketing (BSM) directives. A local was detained following the smuggling attempt. The total value of petrol smuggled was around B$130.

The department once again welcomed public assistance in combating undesirable smuggling activity. The public can contact the department's hotline at 8714422 or 2382422. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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