PRT Kunar comments on Afghan investigators' arrest of fuel thieves, 2 Oct. 2011

Kunar, Afghanistan: Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar's Deputy Commanding Officer, Commander Greg Roach, speaks to the local media about Kunar officials' arrest and ongoing investigation of thieves caught stealing fuel from Forward Operating Base Wright in Asadabad, Kunar Province. This segment aired on Kunar RTA news 2 October 2011. Local investigators conducted a sting operation on 11 September 2011. FOB Wright's Mayor, Petty Officer Neil Prowse, also provided information to the reporters about his cooperation with Afghan officials following his discovery of the fuel theft.

A summary translation into English of the Pashto broadcast:

The Coalition forces has shown the fuel tanker to the media representatives in Kunar, the Coalition forces Executive Officer told the local media about the fuel tanker that was supplying fuel to the OCCP and governor's compound and their forces were suspected the tanker fuel was being smuggling through this tanker and then they hand it over to the ANP after they confirmed the crime, the CF Executive Officer said to the local media " it is been spoken to the afghan authority" including police and prosecution office to investigate the issue, the officer added that they followed the truck off of the FOB and found that the fuel was being smuggled. The Police was informed and they showed the fuel truck to the media outlets.

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