Dumb Thieves - LOL

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FROM SMH.com

Fuel heist: 500 litres stolen

Police have followed a trail of diesel to arrest two men for allegedly stealing 500 litres of fuel from a service station in Sydney's west this morning.

Officers went to the Kemps Creek General Store on Elizabeth Drive, Kemps Creek, about 2.50am when an alarm went off, police said.

They spoke to the owner who showed them a diesel storage tank which had allegedly been broken into and drained of about 500 litres of diesel, police said.

Police followed the trail of diesel for about six kilometres to a truck on a rural property on Fifteenth Avenue at Rossmore, they said.

A large amount of the fuel had been dumped on the ground, police said.

Police arrested the owner of the truck in some bushes on the property and another man at a nearby house, they said.

A 51-year-old Drummoyne man and a 55-year-old Rossmore man were charged with larceny, police said.

The theft follows two bulk fuel robberies in recent months.

Thieves pumped 15,000 litres of unleaded petrol from a Prime service station in Croydon in June, while $25,000 worth of diesel and premium unleaded fuel was stolen from Padstow in May.

Both thefts were in the early morning, with padlocks cut to gain access to the fuel and a petrol tanker used to suck underground tanks dry.

Too funny
The servo owner hit his panic button, which are audible for those who dont know, scareing them off.

Apparently they forgot to disconnect the line before taking off :hihi: