10 held for diesel pilferage

MANILA, Philippines — Ten men were arrested after they were caught pilfering fuel worth P5.62 million in Claver, Surigao del Norte on Monday.

The suspects were illegally transferring diesel at a port in Barangay Panatao when they were apprehended by agents of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group at past 11:20, according to CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander Morico II.

Probers withheld the identities of the suspects, who yielded 20 drums filled with diesel, two water pumps, empty drums and a motorized banca.

The suspects siphoned the fuel from a vessel docked in the area into a tanker truck.