Police have arrested a diesel smuggler, aged 32 years, in Mukalla city after smuggling 5,700 liters of diesel from Hadramout to Mahara where he sold it at black market price to one of the companies working in the area, the Interior Ministry reported.
In related context, police in Broum district Hadramout arrest a gas station owner who refused to sell the remaining quantity of diesel for locals.
Security authorities have seized more than 200 thousand liters of smuggled diesel since the beginning of August and referred the smugglers to prosecution.