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The Civil Guard detains 4 people responsible for the theft of fuel in pipelines

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The Civil Guard detains 4 people responsible for the theft of fuel in pipelines

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The Civil Guard has arrested 4 people in Utrera, Seville, as allegedly responsible for the theft of fuel in pipelines for its illegal sale.

The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization in Utrera, Seville, within the framework of the ‘Benzino’ operation, which has resulted in 4 people being arrested on suspicion of the theft of fuel from pipelines. Among the detainees is a person known as the “surgeon”, in charge exclusively of “picking” oil pipelines.

The investigation began at the end of November, when the agents learned of the illegal connection carried out using a highly sophisticated method in a difficult-to-access section of an oil pipeline located in Alcalá de Guadaira, where a total of 2,300 liters of fuel had been extracted. .

The Civil Guard detains 4 people responsible for the theft of fuel in pipelines

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Due to the method used, the infrastructure and the modus operandi, the Civil Guard agents were able to determine that it was an organized and specialized gang. The criminal organization had a person in charge of drilling the pipelines who was known as the “surgeon.”

Detainees accessed pipelines in hidden locations, even digging holes up to 2 meters deep to insert a hose with a stopcock that was used to fill tanks hidden inside small trucks parked nearby.

Later, the stolen fuel was sold to fuel distribution companies and entered the illicit market. The Civil Guard arrested 4 people who are charged with the alleged commission of robberies with force, belonging to a criminal organization, against collective security and reception.

In the operation, two tanks with a total of 1,000 liters of fuel each have been recovered and an inspection was carried out at a fuel distribution company located in Espera, Cádiz, where pressure nanometers, hoses, perforators, a night vision, flashlights, radar detectors and various tools used in drilling oil pipelines.

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