inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of Metro Jaya Regional Police reveals case of LPG gas adulteration in Bekasi, South Jakarta and West Jakarta areas.

The Vice Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Metro Jaya Regional Police, Superintendent Indrawienny Panjiyoga explains that in this case, eight suspects have been arrested. 

The eight suspects are S, W, MR, MS, and P. In their action, MR and W were the owners while S was the owner of raw materials.Then, MR acted as the assistant, M as the overseer, and T as the seller. All of them now have been detained by the police.

“The suspects have removed the gas in the 3 kg subsidized gas to the empty 12 kg and 50 kg non-subsidized cylinder gas,” says Indrawienny in a press conference on Thursday (2/13/2025).

He explained that the suspects used a modified regulator pipe in carrying out their actions. In addition, the suspects also used ice cubes so that the contents of the 3 kg LPG gas cylinder could be transferred to the empty 12 kg and 50 kg LPG cylinders.

"To fill a 12 kg gas tank requires 4 LPG gas cylinders with a capital of IDR 80,000 - IDR 100,000. To fill a 50 kg gas cylinder requires 17 LPG gas cylinders with a capital of Rp 306,000 - IDR 340,000," he explained.

The suspects, he said, then sold the mixed gas in the Jakarta and Bekasi areas. They also made a profit of hundreds of thousands of rupiah from one mixed cylinder.

"The profit obtained by the suspects was IDR 80,000 - IDR 100,000 per cylinder for non-subsidized 12 kg gas and for 50 kg gas the suspects made a profit of IDR 560,000 - IDR 694,000 per cylinder," he said.

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