Mumbai, May 23 (PTI) The Mumbai Police today claimed to have busted a racket involving the oil mafia after they arrested two persons and seized a ship, anchored off the city coast and used as a floating petrol pump for smuggling diesel.
The two accused, identified as Abdul Kadar (35) and Akbar Pingar (45), were arrested from Dongri area in south Mumbai recently. Based on the information provided by them, a ship, Sagar Sevak, anchored eight nautical miles from the city coast and used as a floating petrol bunk, was raided and seized yesterday, said the officials of Special Detection Squad formed by Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik.
The seized vessel belongs to one Raj, who is still absconding, the police said adding that no oil was stored on the ship at the time of the raid.