Your gas tank contains the ‘liquid gold’ that thieves want
July 1, 2008
The other day I was joking with a friend about the rising cost of gas and how it was going to lead to ‘gas theft’ directly from the gas tanks of parked vehicles.
Too my surprise, I came upon an article in The Globe and Mail that confirmed my hunch. With some additional research, I discovered that reports of ‘gas siphoning’ were increasing globally.
“In Texas, the new rustlers are stealing diesel
BETSY BLANEY – The Associated Press – June 28, 2008 at 1:00 PM EDTLORENZO, Texas — With the price of diesel skyrocketing, farmers and ranchers around the United States are being targeted by ne’er-do-wells armed with syphon hoses and pumps.
Sheldon Wilder, who owns a cotton gin 30 miles east of Memphis, Tenn., has endured worse already. Twice in two weeks, he had diesel drained from saddlebag tanks on a truck at his gin. The second time the thieves left the hoses loose and what diesel they didn’t steal drained out onto the ground.”
It doesn’t help that there are now online ‘how-to’ videos that teach people how to steal gas with power tools rather than the old ‘suck and spit’ method.
These are desperate times indeed…
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