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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Elderberry on September 25, 2018, 11:59:13 am
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KHOU11 by Doug Delony 9/25/2018
Police say two men were caught stealing more than a thousand gallons of fuel using stolen credit card numbers at a southeast Houston gas station.
HOUSTON – Undercover officers caught alleged fuel thieves in the act late Monday, police in southeast Houston say.
Around 11:15 p.m. officers responded to a station on E. Orem west of Telephone Road where a possible fuel theft was taking place. Officers say they saw two men filling three separate tanks, including two hidden in the back of a large truck.
The men were allegedly using stolen credit card numbers that were programed onto other stolen cards, including gift cards.
Police say the men had filled more than a thousand gallons of diesel fuel and may have been involved in similar fuel thefts from over the weekend.
More: https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/hpd-fuel-thieves-caught-filling-hidden-tanks-using-stolen-credit-card-numbers/285-597855117 (https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/hpd-fuel-thieves-caught-filling-hidden-tanks-using-stolen-credit-card-numbers/285-597855117)