Petroleum products seized in Tarlac

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines — Up to 93,000 liters of petroleum products were seized following a raid on a suspected illegal fuel depot, which also resulted in the arrest of nine people in Tarlac City on Thursday.

The Central Luzon police said the raid was based on a warrant issued by a local court against an alleged illegal fuel distribution facility in Barangay San Rafael.

The raiding team reportedly caught the owner of the facility and his eight workers transferring petroleum products from a truck to another vehicle.

Authorities seized nine tanker trucks containing approximately 88,000 liters of unleaded gasoline, 22 intermediate bulk containers loaded with 3,000 liters of gasoline, two storage tanks containing 2,000 liters of diesel, fuel transfer equipment, documents and P146,537 in cash believed to be proceeds of the sales.

The suspects were brought to the Central Luzon police special operations group for proper disposition.