Organised fuel theft remains a significant issue for which we site employees need to remain guarded and vigilant.

Last week Sibelco incurred the theft of 20,000 litres from one of their sites in Newton Abbot.

Sibelco shared the following details about the incident:

“We have had a large fuel theft at our East Golds works in Newton Abbot, between 1.00am and 5.00am yesterday (1^st March). 20,000 litres were stolen by the use of a 250m pipe, which seems to have been put into a breather pipe and pumped, off site via a railway line and under a railway bridge into we believe two tautliners containing IBCs.

The police have been informed, but I thought you should be made aware of the lengths thieves are going to, and they could be in the area.”

Details of this incident have been forwarded to the NPCC’s rural fuel theft unit, which is coordinated by Norfolk Police.

Please make sure you take some simple steps to reduce the risk:

• Keep stock levels on site to a minimum.
• Keep the amount of diesel in plant vehicles low.
• Encourage our IHCs to do likewise with their vehicles.
• Do not leave empty containers lying around site that offenders can use to remove our fuel from our site, dispose of them (responsibly) or drill them or crush them, so they can’t be used.
• Make sure you have some security arrangements in place, check your site boundaries for possible points of entry etc.

Please continue to report all incidents to the UK Security team and where appropriate the police.