20k litre of biodiesel worth 15L seized

Surat: A joint raid operation on Tuesday by sleuths of prevention of crime branch (PCB), and special operations group (SOG) along with local police officials on two different places in Singanpore and Dabholi yilelded in the seizure of 20,200 litres of

biodiesel

chemicals worth Rs 15.76 lakh. Cops also found other equipment worth Rs 48,00,000 during the raid and arrested three accused from the spot. According to the police, police raided Vintage parking in Singanpore area and arrested

Parth Jethva

(31), a resident of Vintage parking and native of Khambha village of Amreli; and Vinod Yadav (32), a resident of Kataikhas village of Uttar Pradesh and sized 17,000 litres of biodiesel. Cops also took away a tanker, a tempo along with other equipment all worth Rs 41 lakh. In the second raid, cops swooped down on a shade at Balaji Compound in Dabholi and arrested Dashrath alias

Dilip Marwadi

Khinchi (45), a resident of Jalaram society in Katargam and seized 3,200 litres more of biodiesel worth Rs 2.5 lakh. They also seized a tempo and other equipment worth Rs 6.6 lakh. During primary investigation, police came to know that the accused had received the illegal biodiesel and were trying to sell it to other people.