Police say 31 individuals have been arrested for illegally stockpiling fuel during raids carried out over the past month.
Police Media Spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police F.U. Wootler, stated that the arrests were made during operations conducted across the island from March 3 to yesterday (04).
During the raids, over 52,000 litres of fuel were taken into police custody, including 47,006 litres of diesel, 2,668 litres of petrol and 2,706 litres of kerosene.
The spokesman added that legal action has been initiated against the suspects.
He further noted that the operations were conducted on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, targeting individuals hoarding fuel illegally and causing inconvenience to the public amid a growing global energy crisis. (NewsWire)