Unabated fuel smuggling forces gas stations to close

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The unabated smuggling of cheaper fuel from Sabah in Malaysia has affected gas station owners in the southern province of Sulu.

Many of them have closed their gas stations after a drastic drop in sales over cheaper, but dirty gasoline and diesel fuel being sold by illegal and unscrupulous traders. Gasoline peddlers also sprouted like mushrooms in the town of Jolo where they illegally sell fuels in one-liter bottles much cheaper than local pump prices.