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KOAT-TV - RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- Drivers in Rio Rancho said they are getting ripped off not only at the pump by the rising gas prices, but also by thieves who are drilling through their gas tanks in the middle of the night. Resident Robert Atencio said he woke up Monday and found his pickup truck running on empty after someone drilled a hole right into his gas tank. "We awoke to the smell of gasoline fumes. I figured I had a ruptured tank. I didn't know what was going on," Atencio said. "It's damaging the asphalt." Rio Rancho police said aside from Atencio's truck, about half dozen other cars were also drilled with holes along Peach Road before the thieves moved in the Northern Meadows neighborhood, where residents reported a number of SUVs and trucks with both plastic and metal tanks punctured. Police said they started noticing more gas thefts last month, but they had never seen anything like what happened Monday morning.
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Gas Thieves Drill Through Tanks
From KOAT-TV - RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- Drivers in Rio Rancho said they are getting ripped off not only at the pump by the rising gas prices, but also by thieves who are drilling through their gas tanks in the middle of the night. Resident Robert Atencio said he woke up Monday and found his pickup truck running on empty after someone drilled a hole right into his gas tank. "We awoke to the smell of gasoline fumes. I figured I had a ruptured tank. I didn't know what was going on," Atencio said. "It's damaging the asphalt." Rio Rancho police said aside from Atencio's truck, about half dozen other cars were also drilled with holes along Peach Road before the thieves moved in the Northern Meadows neighborhood, where residents reported a number of SUVs and trucks with both plastic and metal tanks punctured. Police said they started noticing more gas thefts last month, but they had never seen anything like what happened Monday morning. Read more
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