The Police Coast Guard (PCG) has arrested nine men, aged between 21 and 56, for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of Marine Gas Oil (MGO).
On 18 June 2018, PCG received information that a foreign registered tugboat and a Singapore registered vessel were believed to be involved in an illegal sale of MGO, at the sea off Selat Puah Anchorage.
Preliminary investigations revealed that four crew members of the Singapore registered vessel were believed to have misappropriated 400 litres of MGO without their company’s knowledge, and selling it to the crew of the foreign registered tugboat. Five crew members from the foreign registered tugboat are believed to have purchased the MGO. The foreign registered tugboat was seized for investigations.
The nine crew members will be charged in court on 19 June 2018 with criminal breach of trust as servant punishable under section 408 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. If convicted, they shall be punished with an imprisonment term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to a fine.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
18 June 2018 @ 5:00 PM