Kootenay fuel fools foiled
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Many criminals are not very smart.
But a fuel theft in the Kootenis earlier this month left even police baffled.
In a news release titled “fuel fools foiled,” Trails and Greater Area RCMP said they were called on July 14 at 12:54 a.m. to a report of a breaking and entering that had occurred the night before in the 7000 block of Highway 3B.
CCTV footage captured the three in a dark blue 2005 Ford F150 truck bursting through a locked gate into a fenced yard.
Once inside, the thieves filled the truck with diesel fuel, which was stored on the property, before driving off.
The catch is that the truck, which is said to belong to one of the three involved, was running on gasoline.
As a result, the truck quickly broke down after the suspects left the scene and was located by police on Highway 22, just outside of Trail.
Police say they are continuing to investigate.
“You can’t explain this. I hope the three suspects will tell us how their plan was supposed to work,” said Sgt. Mike Wicentovich, who called the crime “too strange to explain.”
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