A truck company owner has warned other drivers to be vigilant after €1,500 worth of diesel was siphoned out of one of his trucks while the driver slept. Haulage company owner John McLaughlin of JML Transport in Co Donegal said gangs of fuel thieves were targeting trucks both in Ireland and England.
Mr McLaughlin’s truck was emptied of almost 1,200 litres of fuel in just seven minutes as the driver slept in a lay-by in Derbyshire, England, last week.
Mr McLaughlin has an anti-theft device which alerts his phone when fuel is being emptied out of any of his vehicles very quickly, but he was at a wake and his phone was on silent.
