The Public Prosecution ordered the detention of the accused in the case of smuggling 10,684 pipelines dedicated to drilling oil wells through the Tripoli sea port in reserve, on charges of committing the crimes of forgery and collecting illegal benefits.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office explained that after the Attorney General’s office in the Tripoli Court of Appeals had earlier received a correspondence from the intelligence service that it had begun to carry out the act of smuggling the aforementioned pipes, that are intended for drilling oil wells through the Tripoli sea port, the Public Prosecution began investigation procedures that resulted in proof of the supply of equipment. The subject of the crime from abroad for the purpose of implementing an oil production exploration and sharing project in the country, and the obligations arising from it are regulated by the agreement concluded between the incoming company and the National Oil Corporation.
He added that the investigation procedures revealed that the owner of a company deliberately committed an act of falsifying a sales contract of oil well drilling pipes, presenting forged documents and invoices for the purpose of demonstrating the legality of the export, overcoming the obstacle of the ratio of the equipment in question to the goods subject to export restrictions, and withholding the rights of the National Oil Corporation, which is estimated at 13 million dollars. Accordingly, the investigator in the case decided to seize the movables subject of the crime and order the detention of those accused of committing the crimes of forgery and collecting illegal benefits in precautionary detention.