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181 feet long tunnel and 'two crore oil': How was the theft of underground crude oil caught in Rawalpindi?

Ayesha NooraniSpecial Correspondent for Arts & Culture • Islamabad / Lahore Bureau
181 feet long tunnel and 'two crore oil': How was the theft of underground crude oil caught in Rawalpindi?

📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:

  • Police in Rawalpindi district of Punjab province have arrested three suspects who are claimed to have stolen 1100 barrels of crude oil worth.
  • Apart from recovering 1431 liters of crude oil stolen from an underground tank of a house, the police also recovered the equipment used in t.
  • The FIR of this case has been filed against Shahid Ahmed, senior executive officer of Pakistan Oil Fields Limited.

Police in Rawalpindi district of Punjab province have arrested three suspects who are claimed to have stolen 1100 barrels of crude oil worth more than two crore rupees from the underground pipeline of Pakistan Oilfield Limited through a long tunnel.

Apart from recovering 1431 liters of crude oil stolen from an underground tank of a house, the police also recovered the equipment used in the alleged incident.

The FIR of this case has been filed against Shahid Ahmed, senior executive officer of Pakistan Oil Fields Limited.

The plaintiff told the police that Pakistan Oilfield Limited extracts crude oil from underground reservoirs and supplies it to Attock Oil Refinery (Rawalpindi) through its high pressure pipelines, however, reports of oil theft were being received from the company's crude oil delivery pipelines for some time.

According to the FIR, the prosecution case says that reports of theft of crude oil were received from Ranyal (an area under the limits of Dhamiyal police station in Rawalpindi) from the area between Morgah, which was continuously being traced.

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Ayesha Noorani

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