Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jul 21: City crime branch (CCB) police from here, on Friday July 20, raided a spot at Bala within the limits of Suratkal police station where diesel and furnace oil was found to have been illegally stored. They took into possession diesel, furnace oil, and some other items from the spot.

The police had information that stolen diesel, furnace oil etc were being stored at Bala. CCB police, in a joint operation with the support of Suratkal police, conducted the said raid. During the raid, a person named Santosh (36), was taken into custody. Ten barrels of furnace oil, two barrels of diesel, two two-wheelers, and some other assets found at the spot were confiscated.

The total worth of the items so confiscated has been estimated at Rs 20 lac. It is learnt that the accused arrested used to enter into understanding with the drivers of tankers loaded with diesel and furnace oil arriving from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, and steal these items from the tankers. He later sold these items in the black market, it is said. About this, a case was registered in Suratkal police station.

CCB police inspector, Shantharam, police sub-inspectors, Shyam Sundar and Kabbalraj, as well as Suratkal police inspector, K G Ramakrishna, took part in the raid.