11 accused of selling bogus gasoline

Police Thursday arrested 11 people who allegedly produced and sold bogus gasoline made with solvent and toluene.

They are suspected of selling low-quality gasoline worth 900 million won since April, according to Ansong Police Station in Kyonggi Province.

The 11 are eight makers and three retailers. They set up Chinchin Industrial and Koryo Industrial in Kumsan, South Chungchong Province in April and produced a total of 117,000 17-liter drums of bogus gasoline, and sold them at 8,000 won per drum to three retailers.

The retailers sold the bogus gasoline at 12,000 won per drum to consumers, the police said.