Bowser full of high-sulphur contraband diesel found

Raymond Cutajar

Feb 10th 2011, 06:22

Ad nauseum-demand is the crux of supply.
This country ' s entire authorities should Stop treating its citizens like idiots
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" start doing what they should been doing for as long as they have not been doing and Act in Preventing that Crime Pays
However one looks at such pathetic situations I feel stupid to say the least why any outsider should utter any suggestions for control / prevention .
One easily compares the UK in similar scenarios BUT only in subsidised diesel fuel we are talking here now where a different colouring is used from the normal consumer type.
Yes one can read as much as one likes where random samples are literally picked up and hefty penalties ,even impounding of trucks and what not are carried out .There are very little IFS and BUTS -GUILT is such a STARE in front of .
Sorry but this country needs too many sacks
Proper effective Prevention is so easy to control in this tiny island yet the authorities simply opt for utter IMPOTENCY
Do not hide behind the wrongly approached Law before that there is also another correct Law to prevent such ways- Apply Them

Anna psaila

Feb 9th 2011, 16:40

Hope whoever is responsible is strongly punished & made to understand that the inhalation of benzine by the public leads to cancers, in particular Leukemia

F Mercieca

Feb 9th 2011, 08:14

Imbaghad jien noqghod nistaghgeb u nirrabja meta ninqabad wara xi trakk tal-linja u nkun litteralment se nifga bid-dahna li jhalli warajh .... minbarra li jimlieli il-karozza kollha gmiet u zejt minn barra u minn gewwa wkoll ..... u dalahhar innutajt li tal-linja qed idahhnu iktar minn qabel (specjalment it-trakkijiet l-antiki pezzi-di-muzeo) qisu l-owners qed jizvugaw l-ahhar ftit hajja taghhom billi jitfawlhom minn kollox fit-tank tad-diesel. Nahseb bhalissa kontrolli = zero fuq dawn. U ahna jkolna nissaportuhom bhac-cwiec.

edward bartolo

Feb 8th 2011, 21:43

Quote: "The Customs officers quickly established that the diesel was contraband and it had a sulphur content that was 100 times higher than normal, which is harmful to health and the environment."

What is "normal" and how is it defined?

@ Whoever writes these reports:
Please, stop taking the people for a ride. "Normal" has no meaning as it is relative.

I would like to ask: What was the concentration of sulphur in grammes per litre?

Just telling people the concentration was 100 times higher is not enough and amounts to abuse of the citizens.

G. Lia

Feb 8th 2011, 20:11

Well done to our Customs Department!!

Gerard Cassar

Feb 8th 2011, 19:37

The strangest thing is how was it possible for the sulphur diesel to reach Malta. It is to be noted that yachts and other craft leave and enter Malta without any checking. This is also possibly true for drugs. Yachts and other crafts that leave Malta should be checked even if the owner or captain say the craft is not quitting Maltese waters.
Is there not a Radar to check sea crafts sailing around the islands. In my opinion those who manage the sea craft radar could can spot any sea craft leaving Maltese waters.
Lately we read about a person going on a sea holiday on the yacht of a very well known person, it was reported the yach treached Sicily and returned. This is to show how sea craft are free to roam about. This does not mean that in this case anything abnormal is suspected. The owner or captain might have contacted the customs regularly, no suspicion.

M. Cassar

Feb 8th 2011, 18:39

And the person/s who had access to the adjoining garage?

J. Aquilina

Feb 8th 2011, 17:14

Lately due to poor quality diesel I went into a useless expense of €250.0, hence a word of praise to the authorities.

Claire Busuttil

Feb 8th 2011, 16:04

prosit!

vince cachia

Feb 8th 2011, 15:41

That pump was shut down once for mixing kerosene with diesel and petrol and reopened under (taparsi) new owners. Now what? And where did that fuel come from?

Joseph Schembri

Feb 8th 2011, 15:21

Incidentally, the reason given by the authorities for the recent increase in trouble with diesel pumps in cars was that the seals deteriorated due to the low sulphur content of the fuel officially imported by the state. Rubber, as in any seals used in cars (especially slightly older models), is given stability by sulphur bonds. Low sulphur content in modern diesel damages these seals. Newer silicone seals are not affected.

The amount of sulphur dioxide produced when diesel is burned in cars is almost negligible when compared to the amount produced when heavy fuel oil burned in our two power stations.

dfarrugia

Feb 8th 2011, 14:49

This type of diesel is not harmfull for fuel pump as the low sulphare diesel is harmful for seals in pumps this one is very harmful for health and enviroment.

M Bugeja

Feb 8th 2011, 14:49

I am very curious as to how this bowser got in in the first place! This isn't exactly a pill that can be hidden in a wallet, is it not? It's not as if regular people order bowserfuls online, only a handful of known people do.

stephen borg

Feb 8th 2011, 14:48

Li qed nipprova nifhem kif bowser daqshiex, mimli diesel, dahal Malta ? Imma dan intelgha min xi bunkering depot? Fejn fuq din il-gzira jsir uzu ta dan it-tip ta' diesel? Hemm xi fabbriki, d-Drydocks, l-airport, fejn? Dan li qed jiskantani jien mhux li jbiegh dan id-diesel, dawk affarijiet zghar ghal kuntrabandisti!
Hemm xi blogger jilluminani!!??

Peter Wood

Feb 8th 2011, 14:42

Any garages found committing this offence should be put out of action permanently, and the owners jailed !

J Brownie

Feb 8th 2011, 13:04

Well done to the Authorities for this find - incredible how some people are so selfish to stealthy inflict serious damage to people's health whilst they get filty rich - may the maximum possible penalty will be handed to the culprit , if found gulity

D. Barry

Feb 8th 2011, 13:02

How nice of them, not only are we paying heftier prices and getting bad quality diesel and petrol, but we are paying hefty prices to the detriment of our health now also. As if it wasn't bad enough already!