‘Drive-off’ fuel thefts cost $80 million even before the war – and they’re heading up
- Written by Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
With petrol and diesel prices soaring, we’re hearing more reports of alleged fuel thefts from petrol stations, farms, trucks and even parked cars.
Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association’s chief executive officer Rowan Lee told AAP this week that fuel theft from service stations had increased by between 8–30%...
