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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Lancefield

Fuel thefts up 49% in a year as repeat offenders are ‘pushing their luck’

Fuel thefts from UK filling stations have soared by 49% in a year, new figures suggest, leading an expert to claim repeat offenders are “pushing their luck more than ever”.

Forecourt owners attempted to trace offenders over 66,378 incidents between February and April, according to data obtained by motoring research charity the RAC Foundation and the PA news agency.

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