Diesel trucks looted by Oostblokbendes

Posted on 15-05-2014 at 7:46 pm by CasperH – 44 Comments”

Gangs from the former eastern Bloc, stealing tens of thousands of litres of diesel from parked lorries in the Netherlands with a specially prepared vans.

If you as a truck driver, a van next to your truck to see parking be a little extra alert. It could that the van prepared with a huge tank in the cargo compartment that is coupled to a pumping system. The fuel tank of the victim is opened, there is a hose in the tank stopped, and the powerful pump in the van sucks in no time your tank is empty. Poor truckers, the fuel is already very expensive here and now, they are also robbed! The deployment of vans by Oostblokcriminelen is becoming more and more creative.

Of course, it is much easier than frying steal. Estimated there are already hundreds of cases involving tens of thousands of litres of diesel have been seized, reports the Telegraph this morning. The thieves beat especially during the night at rest stops along highways and business parks. The sector organization Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN), the insurer, TVM and the Foundation for Tackling vehicle crime to warn drivers to be alert on the bandits, that violence is not out of the way seem to go.