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Nov 04, 2014 News
– Seven fuel smuggling convictions for 2014
As the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) intensifies its enforcement operations in its commitment
to combat fuel smuggling, four persons were convicted last month for possession of illegal petroleum at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.
Ramnarine Hardyal, Ramlattie Hardyal, Desmond France and Orton Benjamin pleaded guilty when they appeared in court.
According to the GEA, the agency has recorded seven convictions for the year 2014; the previous year there were two. This brings the total number of convictions recorded by the GEA, since the implementation of the Fuel Marking Programme, to 33.
Inspectors attached to the Fuel Marking Programme visit about 15,000 sites and conduct more than 35,000 tests annually. From 2006 to 2013, the percentage of sites found with significant dilution in at least one tank has progressively decreased from 34 per cent in 2006 to three per cent in 2013. At the end of October, 13 prosecutions were ongoing at various courts throughout Guyana.
“The GEA remains resolute in its battle to combat fuel smuggling and wishes to remind citizens that when smugglers engage in illegal trade, they evade taxes and divert revenue intended for Guyana’s development to their own needs.”
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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