More than 20 workers of NIS arrested for stealing 20% of paid fuel

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said today that, in the police action "Pistol", the police have so far arrested 22 members of an organized criminal group that was misappropriating fuel from NIS fuel pumps, thereby defrauding citizens by more than €2 million.

Dacic told Tanjug news agency that the aforementioned group over the last few years masterminded the fraud at NIS petrol stations, 15 of which have now been blocked.

He explained that the responsible officials of the Directorate of control of measures and precious materials and the Department for maintenance of NIS petrol stations allowed the illegal checks of pump machines.

They adjusted the machines so as not to show the right amount of fuel, declared the First Deputy Prime Minister and added that the aforementioned action continues.

Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova Republike Srbije

Tužilaštvo za organozovani kriminal Beograd

Ministarstvo privrede Republike Srbije

NIS a.d. Novi Sad

Direkcija za mere i dragocene metale Republike Srbije

action Pistol

SBPOK

Veljko Jerkovic

Ivica Dacic