Gas Thieves Get Smelly Punishment After Siphoning Bus Sewage Tank by Mistake
When you leave your vehicle unattended, there are plenty of people who will take the opportunity to help themselves to your property. Many shopping areas have signs urging people to lock their cars and take their valuables with them.
Some people steal radios. Some people with vendettas against the owner specifically or the human race generally will steal hub caps or they’ll key cars.
Others just need a little extra fuel and have become adept at siphoning it from parked cars. In recent years with newer technology, it has become more and more difficult to access gas tanks, but people used to be able to complete the job with just a hose and a bucket.
Even then, the task required quick reflexes, so you could put down the end of the hose before you got a mouthful of gasoline, and a basic understanding of the vehicle’s layout.
Some would-be thieves without that last skill in Laverton, Australia, spotted a bus they wanted to siphon from in January 2016. They probably figured bigger vehicle, bigger fuel tank and more profit.
However, there was something else the tour bus had that the thief or thieves did not consider, and they paid dearly for their oversight.
The bus was approached by the criminals at night, but after an initial attempt at getting some gas, they left without taking a thing. In the morning, authorities noticed a cap on the road next to the tour bus and pieced together what must have happened.
The thieves had tried to siphon gas … out of the sewage tank. When you siphon gas in the dark, there’s a good chance you’ll get some of it in your mouth, and that’s bad enough. But raw sewage? MUCH worse.
“We can infer they beat a very hasty retreat, with a somewhat bitter taste in their mouth,” Sgt. Heath Soutar with the Laverton Police said, according to the Daily Mail.
The police added that while they were looking for the criminals and keeping an eye out for future crimes, they had “absolutely zero interest” in recovering the stolen goods.
Hey all. Only in LA. We are looking into this one and following our nose for some leads. Hoping to crack the case. pic.twitter.com/jbaUBsI10Z
— Laverton Police (@LavertonPol) January 16, 2016
They also mentioned that they thought the crime would be solved by “word of mouth.”
“Would we be right to think some Random Breath Tests may help solve the crime?” the Western Australia Police Force tweeted.
Hopefully, this turn of events gave the criminals some time to pause and reflect on their behavior. Meanwhile, it’s giving plenty of readers a chuckle.
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