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Oil thieves arrested at N’Assembly

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9 years ago

October 11, 2016

‎Policemen attached to the National Assembly, on Tuesday arrested six alleged oil thieves who specialize in siphoning diesel from the heavy duty generating sets at the annex area of the National Assembly complex.

The thieves were alleged to have stolen eleven jerry cans of twenty five litres each and were caught at a point of loading inside a Gulf Volkswagen car brought for the purpose by an eagle eyed securityman on night duty who alerted others and promptly arrested them.

One of the oil thieves escaped arrest and was said to be on the run.

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Sadly, however, two of the thieves are members of staff of the National Assembly, specifically Sergeant-At-Arms Department. The remaining five were recruited from Tipper Garage, a nearby heavy truck park.

It was also discovered that one of the two members of staff of the National Assembly who led the gang, invited five others from the tipper garage to accompany them on the act and they entered the complex around 4.20 am in the morning of Tuesday.

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