1.0link103837<![CDATA[Thieves Increasingly Drilling Into Fuel Tanks To Steal Gas]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/28/thieves-increasingly-dril_n_103837.htmlDETROIT — Dale Fortin is getting a new kind of customer at his Detroit auto repair shop, customers who have not just been in a fender-bender or had a windshield smashed by a rock.
The soaring price of crude oil has turned gas tanks into a cache of valuable booty, and Fortin has replaced several tanks punctured or drilled by thieves thirsting for the nearly $4-a-gallon fuel inside.