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Several unmanned Swedish petrol stations opened the floodgates for vehicle owners to tank up totally free of charge over the weekend.

It now appears that the free flow was an organized fraud attack on unmanned petrol stations in Sk?ne county, southern Sweden.

Vehicle owners couldn’t believe their luck when a number of unmanned gas stations in the south of Sweden appeared to be giving away free petrol on Saturday afternoon. Cars lined up around the block to make use of the free petrol.

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The European Union (EU) antitrust regulator launched an in-depth probe on Wednesday into Norwegian oil company Statoil Hydro’s bid for Jet petrol stations in Scandinavia.

“The Commission’s initial market investigation has indicated that the proposed merger raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the Single Market as it appears that it could limit competition on the motor fuel retail markets in Sweden and Norway,” the European Commission said in a statement.

“Rising oil prices make it even more important that consumers continue to benefit from competition at retail level,” said EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes.
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