And South Korea’s “Yonhap” news agency reported the arrest of eight criminals who rented an entire hotel in Chungcheong province and spent an entire month digging a secret underground tunnel to a nearby oil pipeline.
The plan was allegedly orchestrated by a former employee of Korea’s state-owned Daehan Oil Pipeline Corporation, who had previously been fired for trying to steal oil from another pipeline.
The gang rented a hotel near their target under the guise of wanting to buy it, and their members spent most of their day digging using primitive tools to avoid attracting attention with loud sounds.
In about a month, the eight criminals managed to dig about 10 meters and they were 30 centimeters from the pipeline, but as soon as they started rejoicing, the hotel was stormed and everyone inside was arrested.
The length of the tunnel was 9 meters 78 cm and its width 81 cm.
The suspects admitted during the police investigation that they planned to sell the oil at two gas stations.
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