By Leroy Smith An Assistant Superintendent of Police was taken into custody Tuesday evening by agents of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) along Church Street, Georgetown in connection with a quantity of fuel markers. Police sources identified the officer in question as Keith Williams, who is attached to ‘B’ Division. The police rank was caught […]
Capacity Building The tools used for stealing and refining crude oil are rudimentary and easily obtained in any hardware store. (Photo: Pegasus Task Force, Colombian Army) The theft of crude from pipelines to illegally process hydrocarbon and convert it into gasoline has become a common crime in the country. It is calculated that 662 barrels […]
Colombia’s military has attributed a terrorist attack, which occurred in the Peralonso sector of the Arauca department, to the Colombian terror organization known as the ELN. The attack reportedly occurred during a control operation conducted by the 52nd Marine Infantry Battalion, a group designed to prevent fuel smuggling in the Arauca river. According to the […]
Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo. Troops of the National Navy in coordination with the National Police seized 6,060 gallons of fuel, type Jet A, in the area of the hamlet Puerto Ospina, in the municipality of Puerto Leguízamo, in the department of Putumayo. The fuel was found in 101 plastic 60-gallon barrels aboard a mail boat; it […]
May 14, 2014 [www.inewsguyana.com] – The Guyana Energy Agency has allowed “border trade” along border areas to the west as long as the materials being brought into Guyana are being utilised within the border area. This statement was made in response to questions being raised about the use of fuel sourced “unofficially” by persons in border […]
Venezuela recently raised the price of chicken, rice, and sugar. Could its cheaper-than-water gasoline be next? Colombian fuel smugglers hope not. By Jim Wyss, McClatchy MAY 9, 2014 SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA — On the outskirts of town, the cab driver swings onto a narrow dirt road, pulls up to a nondescript cinder-block house and honks twice. A man […]
Venezuelan navy has seized three vessels suspected of being involved in smuggling of diesel from the country’s Paraguana peninsula, Reuters reports. Oil taker Negra Hipolita, owned by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company, was found to be loaded with an excess load of 50,000 barrels of diesel fuel at the Cardon refinery, Admiral Andres […]
By admin – December 17, 2016 THE Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Friday disclosed that there has been “intense smuggling” of fuel at Eteringbang, Essequibo, near the Guyana-Venezuela border. Speaking with reporters on Friday at a press conference, GRA’s Commissioner -General Godfrey Statia said a team of officials from the entity has been sent to the location to […]
MARK HAY Aug 24 2016, 10:44am Take a deeper look into the “kamikaze” gas smuggling trade investigated on last night’s episode of Black Market: Dispatches Last night, Black Market: Dispatches explored the contours of the massive illicit gas smuggling network running from Venezuela to Colombia. Attempts to measure the scale of this trade are mostly educated guesswork, […]
By Milton Stuards, September 15, 2015 This week, Venezuela’s navy managed to detain three vessels that had become suspected of smuggling subsidized fuel from the country’s Paraguana refinery-filled peninsula, as reported by a local commander on Saturday. On Monday, several sources reported that authorities have arrested seven people in relation to an alleged attempt of smuggling diesel in a tanker that is property […]