EXCLUSIVE: £6.5m of fuel stolen in drive-offs as up to 94% of offenders escape justice

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Forecourt Trader has discovered that fuel worth an estimated £6.5 million has been stolen in the past five years in over 131,000 drive-off incidents from petrol stations, with police ending investigations with no suspect being identified in up to 94% of cases, despite senior officers linking such offences to organised crime.

 

 

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