oil tanker drivers used the transportation loss regulations to collude with the company's gasoline goods and stole more than 40 tons. Recently, gasoline goods in an oil tanker of an oil group company were stolen, and a number of criminal gangs were brought out. After many days of investigation, the Border Defense and Port and Shipping Public Security Bureau of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau successfully captured all 23 people involved in the case. At present, 7 main culprits involved in the case have been transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, and 16 accomplices have been taken by the public security organs in accordance with the law.
On May 21, 2021, the Waigaoqiao Ougao Road Port Area Police Station of 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 Waigaoqiao Ougao Road Port Area. After receiving the report, the police checked the surrounding public videos and locked the driver of the tanker truck Xiao Li (pseudonym), the safety escort Xiao Wang (pseudonym), and the driver of a silver-gray car He (male, 31 years old), as the suspects.
After investigation, at around 4 a.m. on the 21st, driver Xiao Li drove the tanker out of the company's oil depot and parked the car 50 meters outside the door. He was waiting quickly moved the plastic empty oil barrel and leather pipe from the car. Safety officer Xiao Wang cooperated with He to open the oil conveyance seal and used the leather pipe to pump the gasoline carried by the tanker into the oil barrel. When the five empty barrels (30 liters each) were filled, He moved them into the car in turn, while Xiao Li and Xiao Wang drove the tanker to leave the scene. On the morning of June 18, the police successfully arrested the suspect He at his residence through visits and investigations, and seized more than 30 plastic oil barrels and 2 modified vans and other tools involved in the case on the spot.
According to He's confession, from February to mid-May this year, under the recruitment of Zhang (male, 33 years old, some employees and fellow employees of a certain oil company, unemployed), he and Zhang used the normal loss (about 5‰) during transportation (about 5‰) to steal gasoline multiple times and small amounts to seek illegal benefits. During
, 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 (male, 54 years old, a driving school instructor), and distributing the stolen money obtained to 20 internal employees of Xiao Li and Xiao Wang. Driving school coach Yang will sell gasoline to driving school coaches and online ride-hailing drivers through personal relationships. Based on this, a criminal gang that colludes internally and externally, interrelatedly steals and illegally sells gasoline goods has been formed.
On the afternoon of June 18, Yang and Zhang were arrested by the police at their respective places of residence. 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. At this point, a total of 23 suspects in the gang were arrested!
At present, Zhang, He and four tanker drivers have been transferred to prosecute for suspected burglary and Yang for suspected concealment of criminal proceeds. Another 16 accomplice were taken criminally compulsory measures in accordance with the law. The above-mentioned suspects stole more than 40 tons of No. 92 gasoline and made more than 200,000 yuan in illegal profits.
Police remind: Gasoline is a dangerous chemical and must be licensed by the government and processed with relevant qualifications before it can be engaged in the production, trading, processing, transportation, storage and other industries of refined oil. There are major safety hazards in illegally engaging in related industries. Shanghai police will combine the special operation of "Lijian No. 1" to strengthen the crackdown and rectification of illegal gasoline and diesel crimes, and will severely punish criminal acts such as illegal storage, buying and selling bulk oil!
Source: Thoughtful