Man arrested after diesel siphoned from lorry at service station
A man has been arrested after diesel was siphoned from a lorry parked at a service station in Staffordshire.
Officers were called to Norton Canes Services on the M6 Toll at 2.25am on Thursday after receiving reports of the crime.
A 41-year-old man, of no-fixed-address, was arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle. He remains in custody while inquiries continue, Staffordshire Police said.
It comes after a national increase in reported fuel crime, with more than 160 reports of bilking across garages being reported across the county since the start of March.
And other fuel crime is on the up in the wider West Midlands, with figures showing more than 1,000 drivers fled petrol station forecourts without paying over three months.
There were 1,150 reports to West Midlands Police between January and March this year, including more than 400 in the Black Country, but nobody was prosecuted.
It comes as prices of fuel rose by record levels in recent weeks.
