00:02When diesel prices started to soar, mechanics began seeing more trucks in need of repair.
00:08We keep recovering vehicles on the road from fuel stealing and softening.
00:15This Western Sydney business has repaired more than 10 fuel tanks over the past month.
00:20Putting locks is not helping anymore because people start drilling into the tanks itself.
00:26This really started in earnest in rural and regional New South Wales
00:31and we're starting to see that in Western Sydney particularly at the moment.
00:34It's not a small price tag for the customer.
00:37The repairs and the call-out fee can cost more than $2,000.
00:41In most cases, insurance isn't enough to cover the bulk of the bill.
00:47Scott Hanna's business transports goods across New South Wales and around the country.
00:52It's lost $10,000 worth of diesel over the past four weeks.
00:57Personally, we've had three.
00:59One has been caught.
01:01They were pretty well set up.
01:03They had a 1,000 litre IBC tank on the back of the ute with an electric pump.
01:07His company's trucks were targeted in the middle of the night
01:10while they were parked on the side of the road.
01:13A lot of the time the drivers are actually in the truck asleep.
01:15Road Freight New South Wales says if the war in the Middle East continues,
01:19it's likely diesel theft will worsen.
01:22What we are going to need to do is ensure that if you do purchase fuel in large volumes
01:27that you've got enough security.
01:29Another headache for an industry already under the pump.
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