Arrests made – theft of fuel

September 3, 2014 · 0 Comments

On August 5th, members of the Nottawasaga Detachment of the OPP Street Crime Unit, commenced an investigation pertaining to the theft of large quantities of diesel fuel being stolen from commercial and agricultural vehicles during the night time hours. As a result of Street Crime Unit investigations a description of a suspect vehicle was obtained.
It was determined that similar occurrences had occurred throughout Peel and York Regions, as well as Caledon OPP area.
During the morning of Wednesday, August 27th, the suspect vehicle was located being driven on Highway 7, in Peel Region. With the assistance of Peel Regional Police and Caledon Detachment OPP, the vehicle was stopped. Two males were subsequently arrested. The vehicle was searched incident to arrest and five, 1000 litre tanks were found in the cargo area, along with all necessary fuel pumps to siphon the gas. Also numerous break in tools and clothing to allow the suspects to appear as maintenance personnel were also located.
Facing numerous criminal charges are 31yr old Sandeep Gill and 31 yr old Gurpreet Singh, both from Brampton.
Charges include: Theft, Theft of Credit Card, Use Stolen Credit Card, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, Possession of the Proceeds of Crime, Possession of Break-In Instruments, Possession of a Controlled Substance (Heroin), two counts of Breach of Undertaking.
As this investigation is ongoing, further arrests and charges are expected.