Heating oil theft

Trick of the Tail · 21-12-2011 7:15pm #1

Just a warning, someone stole about 700 litres of heating oil from my place in Ballygorey, Mooncoin last week - while I was in hospital for a couple of days, actually.

They broke the cap off the tank.

I hear that I'm not the only one, in some cases they actually drill a hole in the tank.

So be vigilant. I've now put in CCTV, so I'll catch them the next time, which there hopefully won't be.

Andy.

Trick of the Tail · 21-12-2011 7:24pm

By the way, the guards were useless of course, said they could do nothing but would pop round the next eve to take a statement, then didn't bother showing up.

A.

Fran79 · 21-12-2011 11:32pm

Hi
I'm sorry to hear that this happened to you - thanks for the heads up.

Hope the hospital stay was not for anything too serious, hope your feeling ok.

Trick of the Tail · 21-12-2011 11:38pm

Thanks - well alarmingly I thought I was having a heart attack! But I was wrong. It was another non-life threatening heart complaint. Something called SVT, but of course if you've never had a heart attack before you don't know what one really feels like!

I'm told that with a pump and a 2 inch hose it would only take about 15 mins to empty a tank. Could easly be done during the day when out at work, any observers would probably think that they we entitled to be on the premises.

A.

CardBordWindow · 22-12-2011 9:11am

Those b*stards!

Thanks for the heads up!

jimmyw · 22-12-2011 8:18pm

Shower of C***s.Your tank is very near the road though, Andy (not an excuse ).could you move it in at the rear of your house?.IMO locks and such are a total waste of time, because as you have discovered, they can drill the tank or cut the feed pipe.Your SCs that you have there could have also been in danger too.Hope you are recovering from both incidents.

Trick of the Tail · 22-12-2011 9:11pm

All true Jimmy. Thanks, I'm OK now, but my pocket has hurt somewhat!

rgds

Andy

PhilipMarlowe · 23-12-2011 11:31am

Did ye see the news a while ago, earlier this month where a guy stole a small truck and then pulled into a filling station at night (Baltinglass I think) and parked over the access to the underground tanks. Then was able to access them through a hole he had made in the floor in the truck and was trying to pump the fuel into tanks in the back of the truck. The thing went up in a ball of flames but he was seen on CCTV running away...

jimmyw · 23-12-2011 7:21pm

PhilipMarlowe wrote: »

Did ye see the news a while ago, earlier this month where a guy stole a small truck and then pulled into a filling station at night (Baltinglass I think) and parked over the access to the underground tanks. Then was able to access them through a hole he had made in the floor in the truck and was trying to pump the fuel into tanks in the back of the truck. The thing went up in a ball of flames but he was seen on CCTV running away...

yeah I saw that, idiot.Talk about brain dead people:rolleyes:.These numpties dont care what or who they blow up:mad:.

Heating oil theft

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