Smuggling returns to the forefront … gasoline to Syria and a 6½ dollar tanker

Usama al-Qadri wrote in “Nidaa al-Watan” that the fuel oil subsidized by the gas station tanks ran out. No wonder the Bekaa’in have gotten used to losing it almost permanently and insuring it from the black market at double the price. That the situation warns of a new crisis added to the suffering of the citizen. According to information from “Nidaa Al Watan”, the reason for the crisis of the loss of gasoline has aggravated the crisis in Syria and has displaced the business of smuggling from diesel to gasoline. The crisis there has increased the demand for gasoline to be smuggled through illegal means, through the eastern chain bordering Syria in the Hermel district, and therefore it is assumed that the quantities are delivered to private stations and not to stations. Company stations are sold to Syrian merchants at a price of up to $ 6.50 a can, for the Syrian merchant to return and sell on the black market. With 25 thousand Syrian pounds, and sometimes the price reaches 30 thousand with the support and protection of one of the parts of the “de facto” authority in the north of Bekaa, the window in Syria and on the borders. “The source He said that “the high demand from gasoline smugglers started last Thursday, to facilitate and protect the authority in North Bekaa, by known smugglers.

Since yesterday morning, most gas stations have lifted the hoses, refraining from selling gasoline and diesel, while workers at other stations where gasoline is available have adopted dropper sales, so they can secure the material for the The vast majority, in the west of Bekaa, the oil stations approved the sale of 10 thousand pounds. In Rashaya, they adopted a system of 20 thousand or 15 liters maximum. Also in Zahle, as soon as the stations lifted their hoses, citizens rushed intensely to get fuel for their cars, fearing that the crisis would prolong and disrupt their businesses.

Ahmed Moussa from West Bekaa says that, contrary to his custom, he waited his turn at one of the West Bekaa stations for about a third of an hour and the station worker refused to fill the car’s tank with more than 15,000 pounds. Moussa comments: “It is natural to be afraid of the fuel crisis, because it is a catastrophe in the absence of public transport, which reduces the weight of the gasoline crisis.”

The owner of Sabcoil Oil Company, Samir Sader, explains to “Nidaa Al Watan” the reason for the gasoline crisis in Bekaa, saying: “We had previously warned of a shortage in the supply of fuel and quantities of gasoline, and this it is framed in the failure of the ruling political authority to manage all sectors in Lebanon. ” He continues: “Today we suffer from a great shortage in the delivery of diesel and gasoline to the Zahle and Bekaa stations. Most lack gasoline, and some have closed after selling their basic food. ” He considered that “the scarcity method is twisted” and feared that it was the product of smuggling. He explains: “The authority will not eliminate fuel subsidies, because that requires a cabinet meeting. This strengthens the revolution … Therefore, eliminating the subsidies loses the existing authority.”