Petrol prices may have fallen, but fuel thefts continue to plague the South. Senior Sergeant Trevor Thomson, of Dunedin, said a Nissan work ute in a Huntly Rd property in Outram was drained of 150L of diesel on Saturday or Sunday. Earlier this month, a daytime fuel thief was caught red handed by a vigilant Taieri cow-cocky allegedly trying to tamper with a bowser and empty fuel tanks on a Momona property. Last month, police urged the public to be extra vigilant in protecting fuel tanks and bowsers, after a spate of fuel thefts in southern rural areas. Five fuel thefts since September involved fuel being stolen from tanks on properties in Alexandra, Kurow, Waitaki Bridge, Palmerston and Hedgehope.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 26, 2018 22:18 UTC