A MAN was arrested for allegedly attempting to misappropriate 4,000 litres of diesel in a tanker lorry during an inspection by the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry at a petrol station on Jalan Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim yesterday.
The ministry’s enforcement director in Penang, S. Jegan said the arrest, which also led to the seizure of the diesel and tanker lorry, a pump and hose, as well as a mobile phone, all worth RM56,500, was made during a daily inspection by the ministry at the petrol stations.