02/12/21
A criminal group was dismantled by the Deputy Directorate of Financial Police of Northern Greece,
whose members imported chemical solvents from Bulgaria, mixed them with fuel and then channeled
them through a gas station in an area of Northern Greece.
Six OCG members were arrested and
a case file was formed against them, which includes another person, for gang
formation and violations of the National Customs Code and the legislation on
the organization of the market in petroleum products, while the evaded taxes,
duties and other charges are estimated at 26,932 euros.
The operation was preceded by
appropriate use of intelligence derived from SEK and the Customs Authorities of
Promachonas. In the context of the police investigation that followed, it was
found that, at least since September 2021, theOCG:
imported solvents from two
companies based in Bulgaria,
transported the solvents to a warehouse
in an area of Northern Greece,
mixed solvents with fuel in
special tanks found on site,
loaded the mixtures into a tank
truck and then supplied them to a gas station.
The police operation took place on
Monday, November 29, 2021, with the assistance of the competent Chemical
Service and the Customs Authority of Northern Greece, at the exact time when
the perpetrators were transfusing the mixture from a tank truck to the gas
station tanks. From the ensuing search, the following were found and seized:
26,100 liters of fuel without
documents,
tank truck, semitrailer of the
tank truck and car,
pallet tanks and a variety of machinery - tools used for mixing chemical solvents.
Those arrested were taken to the competent public prosecutor's office.
