KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry

is expecting an increased number of diesel smuggling and diesel misappropriation cases this year.

The ministry's Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Section director Zubir Hamsa said it has seized 3.2 million litres of diesel worth RM7.5 million through Op Tiris involving 324 cases between January and March 27 this year.