Complaints to the police regarding fake QR and illegal storage

The Ministry of Digital Economy Affairs states that official complaints have been lodged with the Criminal Investigation Department regarding individuals who fraudulently created QR codes for the National Fuel Pass for other people's vehicles under the new fuel issuance system. Its consultant, Mr. Sumudu Ratnayake, pointed out that these frauds were committed by misusing the new system introduced yesterday (19), and that on that day alone, approximately six hundred thousand new QR codes were created within the system.

However, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation emphasizes that fuel distribution through this QR code system is currently progressing very successfully. The corporation further informs that according to these regulations, today (20), fuel will be issued by filling stations island-wide only for vehicles whose license plate's last digit is an even number or zero.

Meanwhile, Mount Lavinia Magistrate Mr. Pasan Amarasena yesterday (19) ordered a fine of Rs. 2,500 and a mandatory two-month prison sentence for a person who transported 65 liters of petrol in a lorry without a proper license. Based on information received by Wellawatta Police, this arrest was made the night before last (18) near a filling station in the Wellawatta area, where four cans containing petrol worth approximately twenty thousand rupees were also taken into police custody. The individual sentenced is a resident of Badowita, Mount Lavinia.

Several other raids have been carried out regarding illegal storage and transportation of fuel, with one such raid taking place last night (19) in the Heenatiyana area within the Katunayake Police Division. During this raid, Katunayake Police arrested a 40-year-old resident of Minuwangoda who was secretly storing 410 liters of diesel without a legal license, and further investigations are underway regarding this matter.

Concurrently, in the Mudaliyawela area, which falls under the Chilaw Police Division, police succeeded in arresting a person yesterday (19) who was illegally possessing 55 liters of diesel. The individual apprehended is a 73-year-old resident of Illappadeniya.