Officers attached to the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) nabbed a boat suspected to be smuggling illegal fuel from Venezuela, early Tuesday morning.
According to information reaching Guyana Times, after the boat was spotted in the
![The barrels of fuel suspected to have been smuggled](https://guyanatimesgy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Illegal-fuel-copy.jpg)
area, concerned persons alerted the authorities, who immediately launched an investigation. The boat was apprehended and after a search, a large quantity of illegal fuel was discovered.
When Guyana Times visited the scene at Charity, many persons had converged. Although it is unclear at this point to whom the fuel belongs, the authorities are continuing with their investigations.