Driver caught siphoning fuel from truck; charged for theft | Inquirer News

Driver caught siphoning fuel from truck; charged for theft

/ 09:03 PM April 15, 2023

2 persons charged for stealing from victim of road crash in Davao del Sur

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DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur — Authorities in Sta. Cruz town, Davao del Sur collared a truck driver who was caught on Thursday siphoning diesel fuel from the vehicle he was driving, a police report said.

Lt. Col. Kristopher Sabsal, Sta. Cruz police chief, identified the suspect only as Ramil, 36, a resident of Matanao town.

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Sabsal said Ramil’s employer, Christopher Cabigas, the operator of a trucking company, requested the authorities to do the entrapment as he had suspicions the driver is involved in the theft of the truck’s fuel.

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At close to 6 a.m. on Thursday, police operatives caught Ramil red-handed filling a 25-liter vessel with diesel siphoned from the truck’s fuel tank, with three more plastic containers yet unfilled.

Sabsal said fuel theft is a common complaint of truck operators against their truck personnel. This is the reason why there is fuel sold in the black market at prices way lower than at the pumps.

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Cabigas has charged Ramil for theft.

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