UNDATED (AP) - Thieves who target your car these days may leave
the car behind and take the gas.
Police are reporting an increase in gas tank-tapping -- the
drilling or puncturing of gas tanks or gas lines to drain the
petroleum booty that now averages almost $4 a gallon.
For veteran mechanics and law enforcement officers, it's
reminiscent of the gas siphoning in the early 1970s during the
Middle East oil embargo.
Pickup trucks and SUVs are most vulnerable to gas theft because
of their height. Plastic tanks are often the target because they're
safer to drill into.
It's not just gas and diesel that are being stolen. Restaurants
in California and Kansas are reporting thefts of old cooking oil
worth thousands of dollars.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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