HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – Police in Texas are trying to find thieves who allegedly stole greater than 1,000 gallons of gasoline and so they did it in entrance of different clients who weren’t concerned.
Employees on the gasoline station in southwest Houston declare that final week thieves in a inexperienced van stole $5,000 value of diesel gasoline via a lure door to underground storage tanks. They are saying the crimes occurred in broad daylight and the thieves have been so brazen that they got here again to steal extra on a number of events.
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AAA Texas spokesperson Joshua Zuber mentioned, “With gasoline costs hitting new highs, thieves need to steal gasoline. For a very long time siphoning was a well-liked technique use to take away gasoline.”
Now new strategies, for newer-model vehicles, are getting used to steal gasoline. Zuber says some thieves have began drilling immediately into the gasoline tank at stations.
However there are methods for drivers to guard themselves.
AAA recommends, if potential, that drivers –
- Park in a storage
- Spend money on safety cameras or movement detecting lights
- When in public park in well-lit, busy areas or a fenced-in lot or close to an exit in a storage
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For drivers of older automobiles, AAA suggests buying a gasoline cap that locks.
There are additionally indicators to look out for in case you suppose you’re a sufferer of gasoline theft, together with the odor of gasoline, a puddle beneath your automobile — significantly close to the gasoline tank, in case your automobile abruptly gained’t begin, a gasoline gauge that’s decrease than you keep in mind or if the test engine mild comes on.
“As soon as a driver confirms their automobile has been tampered with you must contact the police, file a report, attain out to your insurance coverage agent to see in case your coverage covers associated repairs,” urged Zuber.
Employees on the regionally owned and operated gasoline station in Harris County say the thieves hit them thrice — on three consecutive days — and tried a fourth earlier than they have been chased away.
Police are nonetheless trying to find the suspects.
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