Sunday, April 24, 2016

Fuel Crisis: Vandals use polythene bags to steal fuel- Police as they intercept 3,600 litres of petrol in polythene bags

Vandalism is still a common sight in Nigeria. Despite the recent hike in prices of Petroleum products nationwide, a set vandals still destroy pipelines and steal their contents.
 Lagos State Police Command recently  recovered 3,600 litres of fuel from suspected pipeline vandals in the  Aquatira area, in the FESTAC.

It was gathered that the suspects, however, fled the scene on a canoe after seeing the cops.

According to a police source said, these vandals steal fuel at night, exposing residents of the area to different form of pollution.

The source claimed that the fuel was always stored in polythene bags, each bag taking 150 litres.

The source added that the vandals were initially loading the fuel in a tanker, but later changed their technique so as avoid being caught.

He said:

“They are pipeline vandals. There is a pipe that passed through a canal at FESTAC, buried deep in the waters. The vandals go down inside the canal, loosen the pipe, connect a hose to it and pump the fuel into a tanker. But we have been monitoring them and we always arrest the tankers.

“Because we have become used to their system, they devised another method. They get big polythene bags that can take as much as 150 litres of fuel. They load the bags with 100 litres of fuel so that they will not burst. After loading them with fuel, they put them into sacks and tie the sacks together. They put the sacks on the canal, but they are three-quarter buried inside the water and will not be visible to the eye....”.

Speaking further, the source stated,
 “When their boat comes, they hook the sacks and take them to wherever they need them. But on the day of the incident, we intercepted them and immediately they saw us in our vehicle, they fled in their boat. We called the Marine Police to help us bring out the fuel.”

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