Another Greater Victoria resident has stepped forward to detail the theft of gas from a vehicle after a hole was drilled in their tank.

Black Press Media posted a story about a recent spate of gas thefts from vehicles, with drivers waking up to find empty tanks. (A link to the story is posted below.)

Robin contacted Black Press Media to say a similar thing happened to her on the West Shore, only the thief was even more brazen. (Black Press Media has agreed to not use her last name as she is a victim of crime.)

The incident happened on Dec. 27 in the parking lot of Victoria General Hospital in View Royal. Robin was walking to her vehicle at around 1 a.m. when she sa国际传媒渋nterrupted someone beside my truck.sa国际传媒�

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Robin said she was stuck with a vehicle that had no gas and so she had to call BCAA sa国际传媒� thatsa国际传媒檚 when another discovery was made.

sa国际传媒淎t first I thought they had siphoned the gas, but then as BCAA was filling it with gas, we realized the gasoline was flowing out the tank. The thief drilled a hole into the gas tank,sa国际传媒� she said. sa国际传媒淪o this thief was at the hospital in the middle of the night victimizing sick people at the hospital. Low of the low.

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