In the early morning of May 21, an oil tanker slowly stopped on the side of the road. After getting off the car, the driver opened the oil transfer hole. At this time, a man waiting next to handed over the two oil barrels. A scene of stealing oil was quietly taking place in the dark, and the two of them did not notice that the camera on the roadside had recorded the entire process.
The two were arrested soon. After investigation, there was also an oil thieves gang with as many as 23 people hidden behind it.
On October 27, a reporter from Upstream News (report email: [email protected]) learned from the Shanghai Border Port and Shipping Bureau that the gang stole more than 40 tons of gasoline goods within three months and made illegal profits of more than 200,000 yuan, of which 14 were internal employees of the oil company.
Oil stolen equipment seized by the public security organs.
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On May 21, 2021, the Waigaoqiao Ougao Road Port Area Police Station of the Border Port and Shipping Branch received a report from the public that someone stole the gasoline carried in the tanker at the entrance of a petroleum group company in the Waigaoqiao Ougao Road Port Area. After receiving the report, the police checked the surrounding public videos and locked in the oil tanker driver Xiao Li (pseudonym), safety escort Xiao Wang (pseudonym), and a silver-gray car driver He (male, 31 years old).
Upstream News reporters showed that at around 4 a.m. on May 21, the driver drove the tanker truck out of the company's oil depot and parked the car 50 meters outside the door. Then, the oil tanker driver got off the vehicle and opened the oil transfer hole on the tanker with the cooperation of the safety officer. At this time, the driver of the silver-gray car waiting next to him got out of the car with the oil barrel and handed it to the oil tanker driver, and then took out the leather tube and other oil transfer equipment. Several people worked together to use the leather tube to pump the gasoline carried by the oil tanker into the oil barrel.
The oil tanker driver privately opened the oil transfer hole to steal oil during transportation.
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Wait for 5 empty barrels (30 liters each) to be filled, the silver-gray car driver brings the oil barrel onto the car, and the tanker driver and safety officer drive the tanker truck away from the scene. The entire oil stealing process takes about 4 minutes. The police officers in charge of the case said that on the morning of June 18, the police arrested the silver-gray car driver He at his residence through visits and investigations, and seized more than 30 plastic oil barrels and 2 modified vans on the spot.
The suspect said that his gang used the loss rules to steal a total of 40 tons of gasoline.
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"He confessed that from February to mid-May this year, under the recruitment of his fellow townsman Zhang, he and Zhang used normal losses during transportation (about 5‰) with the oil tanker truck, and sought illegal benefits by stealing gasoline multiple times and small amounts. During this period, Zhang was responsible for contacting many internal employees of Xiao Li and Xiao Wang, and He was responsible for selling the illegally obtained gasoline to Yang, a driving school instructor, and distributed the stolen money to 20 internal employees including Xiao Li and Xiao Wang. Yang, a driving school instructor, sold gasoline to coaches of various driving schools and online car-hailing drivers through personal relationships." The police officer in charge of the case said that in three months, using the loss rules, the gang stole more than 40 tons of No. 92 gasoline.
How to dig out the insider of the gang's hidden in the oil company? On the afternoon of June 18, Yang and Zhang were arrested. On the morning of June 19, the local police station gathered some drivers and safety officers of the oil company in the name of safety training and education. After on-site legal publicity, 14 company employees including Xiao Li and Xiao Wang pleaded guilty on the spot and confessed that the reason they committed the crime at the company's door was to prevent the company's backend GPS from monitoring the abnormally stranded trajectory of the vehicle. On June 20, the remaining six company personnel involved in the case were arrested one after another.
After conducting warning education, 14 employees of the oil company surrendered.
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At present, Zhang, He and 4 oil tanker drivers have been transferred to prosecute for suspected crime of theft and Yang for suspected concealing and concealing the proceeds of the crime. Another 16 accomplice were taken criminally compulsory measures in accordance with the law.
Source: Upstream News
