Archive · 24 Jun 2025
Delhi Police Uncovers Years-Long Jet Fuel Theft Operation
Some people were stealing fuel meant for airplanes and selling it.
Police found out and caught them!
They took fuel from the tankers that were supposed to go to the airport.
The thieves then sold the fuel as something different.
The police found a secret place with a lot of the stolen fuel.
Several people were arrested in connection to the theft.
This had been going on for a few years.
Delhi Police Crime Branch discovered an ATF smuggling operation.
72,000 liters of stolen jet fuel, worth Rs 1.6 crore, were seized.
The illegal operation had been running for three years.
Six individuals have been arrested, including a suspected mastermind and tanker owners.
Fuel was stolen from tankers en route to Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- Who
- Delhi Police and six arrested individuals, including tanker drivers, and the alleged mastermind.
- What
- Delhi Police busted an aviation turbine fuel smuggling operation.
- When
- The operation was discovered 4 days prior.
- Where
- Mundka, Delhi
- Why
- To sell the stolen ATF on the black market.
- Seized ATF
- 72,000 liters
- Value of Seized Fuel
- Rs 1.6 crore
- Location of Godown
- Mundka
- Duration of operation
- 3 years
- Number of Arrests
- 6
- Stolen fuel sold as
- Mineral Turpentine Oil