Duo Accused of Stealing Oil Worth $200,000 From Russian Pipeline

Feb. 25

MOSCOW, February 24 (RIA Novosti) – Two men in southern Russia stole 7.5 million rubles ($200,000) of oil by siphoning it out of a pipeline, prosecutors said Monday.
The duo is suspected of stealing 800 cubic meters of oil from the pipeline and loading it into a tank connected to a truck in March last year. They face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
The theft reportedly took place on several occasions from the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk pipeline in a rural part of the Krasnodar Region.
Source: http://en.ria.ru/crime/20140225/187850393/Duo-Accused-of-Stealing-Oil-Worth-200000-From-Russian-Pipeline.html

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