(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s Office has issued a fuel theft alert, issuing a press release informing that deputies have been conducting “close patrol” on several gas stations.

SCSO reports that from just this past Tuesday night from 11:00 through 2:00 Wednesday morning, officers witnessed numerous vehicles congregating around several gas pumps at the Shell Station on Obanion Road at HWY 99, ”which appeared to be suspicious.” Four of the vehicles were pulled over while leaving the station for various traffic violations, and one of them had three fuel containers, all full.

The release notes no arrests were made “and this investigation is ongoing.”