Deposit and treatment of “illegal gasoline” seized by criminal offences and / or breach of ADR

• Víctor Manuel Arcas Ruíz ^[1]
  1. [1] Guardia Civil
• Localización: Cuadernos de la Guardia Civil: Revista de seguridad pública, ISSN 1136-4645, Nº 63, 2021, págs. 117-136
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This essay addresses the issue regarding transport by road of gasoline accomplished by non-enabled private individuals, in vehicles non manufactured for this purpose. Through this, traffic safety, the environment, public safety, and so on are put at risk. This happens because the transport of such fuel is undertaken in breach of the “European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road” (ADR, 2019). Due to that reason appears the necessity of action from the Administration. In addition to the foregoing, it is stressed that on many occasions the gasoline is linked to the “iter criminis” of some criminal offences.

    Once the breach is intercepted by the administration, under the already mentioned circumstances, problems arise about the management of the “gasoline”, from the perspective of safety, prevention as well as environment. This situation arises not only when is found on the road but under other circumstances, for example during the seizure of such gasoline inside of a private residence during an entering and searching of such premises.

    Not only the transport of such fuel represents a risk for the public safety, but also the treatment and/or destruction in an environmentally adequate way.