12/04/22
Under the coordination of SEK a gas
station was inspected. The gas station was located by
the Directorate of Financial Police and found hiding two tanks and violating
the Inflows-Outflows system. The following Services assisted the inspection:
·
Directorate of Control of Fuel Distribution and
Storage (DEDAK),
·
Directorate of Transport and Communications of the
Western Sector of Athens,
·
Directorate of Civil Quality and Metrology of the
Ministry of Development and Investments, and
·
Directorate of Criminal Investigations of the Hellenic
Police
By the Directorate of Financial Police, a gas
station was located in the morning hours on Monday, April 112022, in an area of
Attica, which was supplying contrabandfuelto the market.
This gas station kept hidden two
underground tanks with contraband fuel, as well as a special mechanism for
violating the inflows and outflows system, in order to extract the fuels from
the tanks and sell them to unsuspecting consumers.
Three people (two nationals and a foreigner) were arrested for the, as the
case may be, violations of the laws of the National Customs Code, Organization
of the Petroleum Products Market and Competition, while the case file formed
also includes the owner of the gas station and the female owner of a tank truck.
In particular, during the inspection, carried
out jointly with SEK, a tank truck was found supplying contraband fuel, through
a special nozzle, which was carefully hidden in the ground, near the two
illegal underground tanks.
At the same time, a special remote control
was found in the area of the gas station, through which the alternation between
the legal and illegal tanks that supplied the gas pumps was achieved, as well
as a computer, connected and monitoring the outflow of fuel from the two
illegally hidden underground tanks.
In total, the following were found and
seized:
14,800 liters of unleaded 95-octane gasoline,
EUR 76 120,
remote control-button and USB stick,
hard disk
automation relay double,
switch for electronic board (single),
tank truck,
notepadand 3
mobilephones.
The necessary tax information was obtained in
order to carry out the relevant audit checks and to determine the amount of
contraband fuel that was transported “escaping” the inflows-outflows control
system.In addition, the pumps of the service station were sealed. The remote
control, the usb stick and the hard drive will be sent to the Directorate of
Criminal Investigations for lab examination, while the amount of money will be
deposited in the Deposit and Loan Fund. Those arrested were taken to the
competent public prosecutor's office.