2 indicted for selling stolen fuel

CEBU, Philippines – The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office has indicted two people in court for illegally selling petroleum products.

Assistant city prosecutor Mary Ann Castro has found probable cause against Gorgonio Armenteros Jr. and Gerald Villegas for violation of Republic Act 8479 otherwise known as the Act Deregulating the Downstream Oil Industry and for other Purposes.

Armenteros, 40, resident of Dungoan, Danao City and Villegas, 43, resident of Tabura Street, Barangay Pardo, Cebu City, were earlier arrested buying and selling stolen petroleum products.

Castro recommended P20,000 bail for each of the accused.

The accused were arrested on December 17, 2015 by the operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-7 following a complaint from Cokaliong Shipping Lines and Shell Philippines.

Armenteros and Villegas were caught in the act of selling stolen fuel to undercover police operatives during the operation. The stolen fuel sold by the accused were traced to have come from Cokaliong Shipping Lines sold by its unscrupulous employees. —/FPL (FREEMAN)