By NATE KING
Salina Post
A Salina gas station had $6,000 worth of diesel fuel stolen from its tanks last week.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning, at approximately 4 a.m. on July 6, 1,550 gallons of diesel were stolen from the storage tanks at Singh's Travel Plaza, 2124 N. Hedville Road.
Soldan said the owners of the business did not discover the theft had occurred until the morning of July 7. Soldan also said footage obtained from CCTV cameras show a Red Dodge 3500 Ram pickup pulling a gooseneck trailer.
"They pulled up on top of the tank fill for the underground diesel tank and pumped fuel from the underground tank into the tanks on the trailer," Soldan said. "The gooseneck trailer had no plates on it but the truck did have a Florida tag."
Soldan also said the gooseneck trailer contained approximately 8 tote tanks, which were covered with tarp.
Saline County Deputies did discover a trail of diesel leading from the diesel tank, to almost a mile heading east on Interstate 70.
The Saline County Sheriff's Office did attempt to locate the vehicle using the FLOCK system, but was unable to locate the RAM pickup.