31 Billion Rial Fine for Fuel Smuggler in Sistan and Baluchestan

Zahedan – The Director General of Government Disciplinary Courts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province announced a conviction in a petroleum product smuggling case and a 31 billion rial fine for the offender.

Zahedan- The Director General of State Penitentiaries of Sistan and Baluchistan province announced the issuance of a conviction for a case of smuggling petroleum products and a fine of 31 billion Rials for the offender.

According to Mehr reporter, Iraj Azizi told reporters on Tuesday morning: The case of illegal transportation of 12 thousand liters of gasoline worth 10 billion 380 million Rials, contrary to legal regulations, was investigated in Chabahar city's Chabahar city government punishments branch for dealing with violations of goods and currency smuggling.

The Director General of Sistan and Baluchistan State Penitentiary said: After examining the documents of the case and verifying the violation, the investigating branch sentenced the accused to pay a fine of 20 billion and 760 million Rials, in addition to confiscating the discovered fuels, based on paragraph "P" of Article 18 of the Law on Combating Smuggling of Goods and Currency.

He added: Also, in the implementation of Article 20 of the Law on Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling and considering that the customary value of the car is higher than the value of the discovered fuels, the amount of 10 billion and 380 million Rials, equivalent to the value of the discovered fuels, was added to the fine of the accused and the violator was sentenced to pay a fine of more than 31 billion Rials.

Azizi said: While monitoring the transportation routes, the officers of the Kashif units managed to seize a vehicle carrying smuggled fuel and sent the case to Chabahar for government punishments.