A remarkable decline for the smuggling of fuel oil from Syria

What has not been able to do tight security on both sides of the Lebanese-Syrian border to prevent smuggling of diesel fuel, prices imposed locally, has reduced the smuggling of fuel oil from Syria by 90 percent affected by lower world oil prices to below60 $, becoming the cost of plate Diesel in Lebanon less than the cost of plate after being smuggled.

A famous smuggler in central Bekaa told Al-Akhbar newspaper that the movement retreated smuggling shows that the mechanisms through wane tanks and engines quiet dust of SUV, plastic pipes and drought in the valley, or the noise of tired animals of cargo.

«It warrior’s break» … these words the smuggler summarizing large current diesel smuggling case, citing reasons from the low price of a can of fuel oil locally to about 20 thousand pounds, equivalent to the price of a can of diesel smuggled from Syria (500 Syrian pounds = 16,500 pounds) of the cost without adding Ranging from smuggling thousands of pounds 5 and 6 per thousand on the plate. It is noteworthy that hundreds of smuggler families who qualified smuggling on both sides of the border awaiting confirmation by reducing the price of a can of diesel in Syria to 300 Syrian pounds to regain its activity. And waiting apply to the situation of people of the mountainous areas of Lebanon who hope the purchase and storage of fuel oil smuggled to the needs of heating at a lower cost, and this coupled with promises to support prices.

the scene has been reflected on the border, while the fuel stations near the Syrian border in Jedaidat Yabous filled Lebanese cars, while the Lebanese petrol stations are being forwarded to the taxi because of Syrian price differential. where the plate in Syria is sold by 820 Syrian pounds (26,400)Lebanese pounds , and the price in Lebanon of 22,80 LP.of the plate, with a difference of 3,600 Lebanese pounds or 100 Syrian pounds .