Gang caught using fuel tanker to steal home heating oil

GARDAÍ have smashed a gang who were using an oil tanker to steal home heating oil from hundreds of houses.

The daring thieves were using a 2,000-litre truck complete with pumps to steal the expensive oil from houses across Co Donegal.

The gang were calling from door to door and when people were not home, they emptied the tanks pretending they were actually filling them.