Three oil thieves arrested

Published January 29, 2009

DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 28: Police on Wednesday foiled an attempt to steal oil from a PARCO pipeline in Rajanpur district, arrested three men red-handed and seized their oil tanker and other equipment.

District Police Officer Dr Rizwan said that Fazilpur police arrested the three men when they were ready to flee with 16,000 litres of oil worth Rs1.2 million. However, he did not give names of the accused.—Correspondent

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