THREE tankers discharged their contents on the morning of May 16, earlier this year. Apparently, it was a “black operation” that took place on an empty plot of land in the Tanah Merah area of Cilincing, North Jakarta. From these tankers, which have a capacity of around 24 kiloliters each, diesel fuel intended for industry was being illegally offloaded into drums that had been prepared earlier.

To replace what had been offloaded, the tankers