Overview
- Investigators found about 1,000 liters of stolen diesel inside a leaking van in Rüdersdorf after a witness reported fuel running onto the street.
- Kriminalpolizei Ingolstadt says nearly 1,000 liters were siphoned from the tanks of two parked truck tractors at a B16 rest area near Oberhausen while the drivers slept in their cabs.
- Local police in Märkisch-Oderland report three earlier petrol-station thefts of roughly 1,000 liters each since early June and are examining whether those incidents connect to the recent recoveries.
- Officers noted the Rüdersdorf van carried a license plate that had been reported stolen and that the vehicle was not roadworthy, and they are asking witnesses to report suspicious activity to aid the probes.
- If linked, the pattern could show thieves using canisters and unregistered vehicles to carry large volumes of fuel away from targeted sites which raises risks to drivers and could prompt tighter surveillance of rest areas and forecourts.