Motoring Discussion > Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: VxFan	Replies: 31

Sun 18 Mar 12 17:51   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - VxFan

Owners of a family-run service station have been left stunned after thieves siphoned 2,000 litres of diesel from underground tanks. Staff at Lees Village Service Station checked CCTV footage after noticing the camera that covered the tanks had been tampered with. Sue Collinge and dad Frank Pullen, who has owned the St John Street business for the past 20 years, witnessed a white Transit van pulling on to the forecourt in the footage. The offenders arrived at around 3.30am on Sunday morning, and moved the camera to face a different direction. A camera caught them leaving after the thieves had spent 40 minutes filling the van with the £3,000 worth of fuel after smashing open the access to the storage tanks. www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/67784/raiders-drain-garage Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 19 Mar 12 at 00:42 Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 18 Mar 12 17:59   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Duncan

>> tinyurl.com/86daswh - oldham-chronicle.co.uk >> Well, it doesn't do it for me! I am getting a Portugese property site? Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 18 Mar 12 18:02   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Duncan

Sorry, I haven't done the tiny url thingy www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/67784/raiders-drain-garage Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 18 Mar 12 18:21   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Bigtee

We have had a new fuel dispenser machine fitted before the pump activates as some were nicking red diesel for there cars.!! Lets hope the price drops soon. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 18 Mar 12 18:30   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - devonite

I dont think it would have been siphoned from underground tanks! - pumped or sucked maybe. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 06:04   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Meldrew

Right! Fluid can be syphoned up as much as 30 feet but the outlet has to be below the inlet - from fuel tank filler in a car up and then down into a can on the ground Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 00:40   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - VxFan

>> Well, it doesn't do it for me! I am getting a Portugese property site? Tinyurl somehow created the same link for 2 different sites. Even changing it still caused a conflict. Now left the link in full as its not too long after all. Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 19 Mar 12 at 00:43 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 06:05   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - swiss tony

>> Tinyurl somehow created the same link for 2 different sites. >> >> Even changing it still caused a conflict. Now left the link in full as its >> not too long after all. >> Maybe Tinyurl have run out of links? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 09:11   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Pat

Men in white vans carry small (quiet) pumps for doing that...it's how they get it out of a lorry diesel tank too. They no longer rely on suck and spit......! Pat Last edited by: pda on Mon 19 Mar 12 at 09:12 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 09:30   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Jetski

Pump £200 from Machine Mart. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 11:11   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

Iam not surprised the cost of diesel.Good business if you can get it.>:) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 11:31   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Arctophile

It's not just diesel. 2000 litres of heating oil pinched from our local school a few weeks ago - after they disabled the security lighting. A day off for all the children - and also a compulsory day off work for a few parents to look after them. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 11:34   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

I wonder how they sell it advertise in a pub? Nothing is safe any more. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 11:59   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Bigtee

The more theft there is the price may come down.!! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 12:23   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

Cameron on BBC now, he talks the talk actually.Can't see prices coming down unless we all tank up and drive away without paying actually.>:) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 12:18   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dog

I could do with 1000 ltrs of heating oil, was it relieved in the S.W. I wonder? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 12:24   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

Keep it hush Dog. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 13:04   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dog

Mums the word ;) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 13:44   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

Had a day out yesterday with daughter and son in law.They paid for the meal, mothers day. Conversation came up about crime.Son in laws father is a accountant in Poland.He was working for a company who sold timber.One of their clients wouldn't pay the bill which came to a lot of money.The client said that he was bankrupt and couldn't pay and that was the end of it.Sons father got a call from the local mafia to explain why they couldn't get the money what was owned by this client.The problem was sorted out in a week client payed up.They don't take prisoners in Poznan.>:) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 14:06   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Duncan

>> Had a day out yesterday with daughter and son in law.They paid for the meal, mothers day. Did we know that you are a laydee? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 15:12   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

Wife is mother of three children she is the laydee..:) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 14:40   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dog

>>They don't take prisoners in Poznan.>:)<< My German byrd took me to Poznan (she was of Prussian descent) We covered quite a bit of Poland staying in b&b or hotels - nice countryside = forests & lakes a'plenty. I won 1,000,000 Zloty in Sopot casino ;) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 15:09   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

The old man wouldn't let me go ashore in Gdanks.>:) He kept a eye on me. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 15:17   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dog

Sorry to hear that Dutchie, what happened to his other eye then? :) Reply to this message | Report message       1

Mon 19 Mar 12 15:23   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dutchie

I didn't argue with the old man to big for me.>:) He was soft as a brush unless you crossed him.I've seen him in action . Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 16:25   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dog

No doubt he's slapped a few Bermondsey geezers in his time hey! :o) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 17:12   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - L'escargot

>> Owners of a family-run service station have been left stunned after thieves siphoned 2,000 litres >> of diesel from underground tanks. You can't siphon liquid unless the outlet of the siphoning tube is below the inlet. How did they do that with an underground tank? tinyurl.com/7bxn9t3 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 17:39   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Dog

= = = > www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cft12-fuel-transfer-pump Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 17:43   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Pat

From the link >>>•Flow rate up to 40 ltr/min<<< They roll up to an unsuspecting lorry driver with a semi plausable story of having run out of diesel. They get the unwary drivers to agree to sell them a gallon for a fiver and pop in the pump and fill a 5 gallon drum before you can stop them. The lorry driver then sits in his cab and if he has any sense at all, will realise he's justed risked a steady income of c£27000 per year for a fiver. You only get caught once. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 18:23   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Bigtee

Can you get me some.? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 19 Mar 12 18:43   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - Iffy

I did a case the other week of a thief who was taking diesel from coaches parked in the company's yard. He was selling it on in five gallon drums, we were told. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 20 Mar 12 09:02   Thieves steal approx £3,000 worth of diesel - L'escargot

>> = = = > www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cft12-fuel-transfer-pump >> >> >> That's not siphoning, it's pumping. Reply to this message | Report message