Petrol with turpentine and gasoline with waterare just two of the ways in which fuel is adulterated and then sell disastrous fuel for car engines at a lower priceat a time when prices are high.
“It is a gasoline solution with paint solvent, the well-known turpentine” said to SKAI mechanical engineer George Karameris, pointing to one of the two bottles with adulterated gasoline located in car tank the previous days. The second bottle contains water with some kind of solvent. He explains that liquids in the two bottles have been separated due to their different weight.
Many drivers have been cunning and avoid gas stations selling at very low prices. Most say they go to the gas stations they have been using for years which they trust even if the gasoline costs a few minutes more.
“It is impossible to sell below cost. It is impossible!”, states a driver at SKAI. “We are afraid of it but we have trusted this gas station for years and we have not noticed anything reprehensible”, “I’m going to the one I trust!” mentions another guide.
The cases of fraud are numerous, however, and the authorities have tightened controls.
According to president of Attica gas station owners Maria Zagka, Last year, 11 complaints were made to the Financial Police Directorate for fuel smuggling and 5 for fuel fraud.
“There is deceit in catching someone who falsifies or has ‘teased’ pumps. It’s clear. “They are not interested in imposing the largest fine on him because they make huge sums”, Ms. Zagka emphasizes and asks in such cases to put a padlock on the gas stations.
“They leave without paying”
At the same time there are quite a few incidents with drivers who they press the accelerator and leave the gas stations without paying, after first filling their vehicles with fuel.
“Some people leave when they do not have to pay or do not want to pay. This is quite difficult “, says Lefteris Tsinarianos, a gas station employee.
According to the gas station owners, some drivers develop speed and leave while the gas cannula is still in the tank, as a result of which they even remove the pumps.
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