fuel stolen

pam1 · 03-07-2008, 16:46

i have just read in the observer. that some people have started to help
them selves to petrol.it was stolen by drilling into the fuel tank of a car to drain it of. so be ware

derekgas · 03-07-2008, 17:17

Thieving gits, wonder who? For a change.

Bonnyboy · 03-07-2008, 17:48

Unfortunately this is something we are likely to hear more of in the coming months

jambutty · 03-07-2008, 17:53

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Originally Posted by pam1

i have just read in the observer. that some people have started to help
them selves to petrol.it was stolen by drilling into the fuel tank of a car to drain it of. so be ware

That’s because modern cars have anti-syphoning filler tubes.

However the worst hit are those people who have oil tanks for oil fired central heating and farmers with tanks of Diesel on the farm. They get drilled, the thieves take what they can and leave the rest to pour away thus adding insult to injury by polluting the ground. You can’t just weld a patch over the hole. Not without taking a major explosion risk you can’t.

katex · 03-07-2008, 18:46

Was just going to say this Jambutty, that was a sad case last week when the farmer's wife (?) died from a heart attack trying to stop these thieves.

AccyAlec · 05-07-2008, 23:11

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Originally Posted by pam1

i have just read in the observer. that some people have started to help
them selves to petrol.it was stolen by drilling into the fuel tank of a car to drain it of. so be ware

For some reason this does not supprise me!! hope the sad people get blown up and the poor person is fully comp!

MargaretR · 05-07-2008, 23:18

When things get really hard they start stealing spuds off allotments
Petrol is just a start

Bonnyboy · 06-07-2008, 00:19

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

When things get really hard they start stealing spuds off allotments
Petrol is just a start

They would be hard up if they stole any of my horticultural endeavours. I learn fast tho, next year I will padlock me spuds

No "Wise Guy" comments please

Loz · 06-07-2008, 00:22

Drive offs on forecourts are increasing too not surprisingly.
At work we had to have a police car sat there all day for a while to try and deter them but it was only a temporary measure,as long as the prices remain as they are this problem isn't going to go away.

Bonnyboy · 06-07-2008, 00:30

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Originally Posted by Loz

Drive offs on forecourts are increasing too not surprisingly.
At work we had to have a police car sat there all day for a while to try and deter them but it was only a temporary measure,as long as the prices remain as they are this problem isn't going to go away.

Is that why there is a cop car sat on the forecourt of the Spar/Shell garage on Burnley Rd all day every few weeks. Seems like a waste of cash if it is. Get some cops in the ****** and use the motor ( highly modified at the taxpayers expense) for the purpose it was intended.

Loz · 06-07-2008, 00:32

Probably but this was at Tesco express on Abbey St.
Agree about the waste of cash but hey i just work there!

Bonnyboy · 06-07-2008, 00:38

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Originally Posted by Loz

Probably but this was at Tesco express on Abbey St.
Agree about the waste of cash but hey i just work there!

Kinda makes a mockery of lines like “Police resources are stretched to the limit”

Loz · 06-07-2008, 00:42

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

Kinda makes a mockery of lines like “Police resources are stretched to the limit”

Yeah i know!
I doubt very much whether Esso would miss the odd tenner here or there but priorities eh!