Fulbari, 26th October: Plan of thieves to steal oil from a lorry on Tuesday night in the Kanchanbari area of Siliguri adjacent to Fulbari backfired as they failed to commit the theft.
Reportedly, a gang of thieves had arrived in the Kanchanbari area with a pickup van planning to steal oil from a 14-wheeler lorry parked on the side of the road. At that time, the assistant driver of the lorry was sleeping in the vehicle. When he woke up hearing noises, the gang of thieves left their pickup van and fled from the spot.
Following this, the police were informed about the incident. On receiving the news, the cops of New Jalpaiguri police station reached the spot and seized the pickup van. Apparently, there have been many reports of such incidents of oil theft from several other vehicles in the said area last night. The police have started investigating the whole matter.
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