1.   With supplies of smuggled fuel dwindling, black-market entrepreneurs dispatched street vendors to prey on hapless drivers puttering along on almost empty tanks.

2.   Most of the smuggled fuel was diesel, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified customs official.

3.   To fill the gap, profiteers sell smuggled fuel at vastly inflated prices.

4.   They do acknowledge, however, that the amount of smuggled fuel has diminished since Nazir came, putting a big dent in their livelihoods.