Customs Department finds more contraband diesel

The Customs Department said today that tests had shown that a quantity of diesel seized in Zejtun on Friday was contraband. The department said that 30,000 litres of diesel were seized from 12 tanks and a truck. Last week, the Customs Department said...

The Customs Department said today that tests had shown that a quantity of diesel seized in Zejtun on Friday was contraband.

The department said that 30,000 litres of diesel were seized from 12 tanks and a truck.

Last week, the Customs Department said six tanks each containing 1,000 litres of suspected contraband diesel were found on a truck in Marsaxlokk. The truck driver had said that the fuel was unloaded from a vessel in Delimara.

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