General News
28 November, 2025
Police investigate fuel drive-off offences
Police have been seeking public assistance to help identify a man involved in a spate of fuel drive-offs in the south western Toowoomba area, over the past 18 months.
On nine separate occasions, the man is known to have driven a white 4WD utility to service stations in Drayton, Harristown, and Westbrook, filling the vehicle and on a number of occasions, a jerry can, with fuel before driving off without paying.
The first two offences occurred at a Drayton service station on Anzac Avenue on 1st May 2024 and 22 August 2024.
The third offence occurred at a Westbrook service station on Main Street on 7th November 2024.
The fourth and fifth offences occurred at a Drayton service station on Anzac Avenue on 3rd December 2024 and 5th February 2025.
The sixth offence occurred at a Harristown service station on Drayton Road on 3rd April 2025.
The seventh, eighth and ninth offences occurred at a Drayton service station on Anzac Avenue on 27th July, 28th August and 19th October 2025.
The vehicle the man was driving on each occasion is an early model white Holden Colorado single cab utility, with a lightbar mounted on a white bull bar and a white ladder rack on the roof.
The man is using false, stolen or cancelled number plates, ET11, TLT1, 585EZA, 430RXP and 506YAJ to commit the offences.
The alleged offender is described as Caucasian aged in his early 30s with an average build and brown hair.
Anyone who has any information which may assist with this investigation is being urged to contact police.
