The RCMP is investigating after roughly 5,000 litres of fuel was stolen from a tank at an Edmonton-area gas station earlier this month.
Strathcona County RCMP told Global News the theft occurred on May 1 at the Country Boyz Tempo Gas station on Wye Road near the rural area of Uncas, about 13 kilometres east of Sherwood Park.
Police said the gas station informed officers around 10:45 a.m. that day that 5,000 litres of “diesel and premium fuel” had been stolen sometime between midnight and 4:30 a.m.
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The initial report stated the fuel sensors were not working properly, but later, the station realized someone had “ripped the vents and hose and stolen fuel,” investigators told Global News in an email.
“RCMP responded and upon further investigation noted a major fuel spill along the nearby treeline,” police said.
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Damian Knudson, an employee at the station, told Global News Monday the “environmental damage” has him fuming.
“Not only is it expensive cleanup, that’s frustrating its own right, but there’s water right here, he said.
“It’s an environmental disaster.”
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
— with files from Jasmine King, Global News
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