Thieves in Maryland have devised a new, destructive way to get free gas. They’re drilling holes in gas tanks. In at least a dozen separate incidents since November, thieves caused thousands of dollars of damage drilling into tanks, sometimes for the sake of just a few gallons.
One thief drilled holes in 14 trucks at a Toyota dealership in Annapolis in early January, getting only 3 gallons per truck but doing more than $8,000 in damage, according to police reports.
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