Evening news last night had a security video of a low slung trailer being parked over the underground fuel tanks. Thieves opened a trapdoor in the floor of the trailer and siphoned out 1000 gallons of diesel.
Pretty clever.
Yahoo news reports today that they caught the crooks. A tip led them to a paving company where the truck and trailer were found. An empty 15' propane tank was found hidden behind a straw wall. The crooks used the engine vacuum to siphon the fuel up into it.
Detectives are investigating other similar thefts from the past few years.
I wish I'd thought of that, but then again, I'm too honest.
Keith in SC
Pretty clever.
Yahoo news reports today that they caught the crooks. A tip led them to a paving company where the truck and trailer were found. An empty 15' propane tank was found hidden behind a straw wall. The crooks used the engine vacuum to siphon the fuel up into it.
Detectives are investigating other similar thefts from the past few years.
I wish I'd thought of that, but then again, I'm too honest.
Keith in SC