Tuschen man pleads guilty to unlawful transport of fuel

The Guyana Energy Agency says Rudolph Ferreira of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo on March 2, 2012 pleaded guilty to the offence of Transporting Petroleum in Bulk Quantity without a Licence, contrary to the Petroleum and Petroleum Products Regulations 2004 enacted under the Guyana Energy Agency Act 1997.

The Agency said in a release today that the defendant had been intercepted on June 11, 2011 while transporting a quantity of diesel in excess of 2000 litres in a boat in the Buckhall area.