SINGAPORE: Ten mankind has been arrested for suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil, the police said upon Thursday (Aug 4).
Throughout a joint operation with the Maritime and Slot Authority of Singapore (MPA), officers from your Police Coast Safeguard arrested the ten men, aged among 22 and 48, after they were suspected to be involved in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil on the sea off the southern Tuas Basin.
Six men were crew members of a Singapore-registered tugboat, while the remaining 4 men were team members of a foreign-registered tugboat.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the crew members of the Singapore-registered tugboat were believed to have misappropriated the marine fuel oil without their particular company’s knowledge by selling it towards the crew members of a foreign-registered tugboat, said the police.
The particular tugboat and money amounting to S$8, 000 were grabbed as case exhibits, the police added.