Warning over criminal tactics ahead of record diesel prices in South Africa

• South African Revenue Service (SARS) and Bidvest Protea Coin allegedly used a crude 'wash plant' to remove chemical markers from illuminating paraffin.
• The suspected operation forms part of a wider battle against diesel adulteration, in which paraffin and other cheaper substances are mixed with diesel before the fuel is sold into the formal market.
• Next month's record prices will be hard for criminals to ignore