<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man in rural </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> has been charged with stealing 1000 litres of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/petrol" rel="" target="" title="diesel fuel"><span>diesel fuel</span></a><span> from a nearby property.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> allege that sometime between April 1 and April 3, the 59-year-old drove his 2006 Holden Crewman ute into a property on Texas Yelarbon Road in Yelarbon, four hours west of the Gold Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There, he allegedly siphoned fuel from a storage unit into an intermediate bulk container on the back of his vehicle and drove off with it.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-15-donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade/ec13877c-524d-470a-97fb-2a683f1d1667" rel="" target="" title="'The world would be torn to pieces': Trump's wild claim"><strong><span>'The world would be torn to pieces': Trump's wild claim</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following investigations by local police, with help from the local community, the Yelarbon man and the ute were found on a property along the Cunningham Highway on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has been </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/crime" rel="" target="" title="charged"><span>charged</span></a><span> with one count of stealing and is due to appear in the Goondiwindi Magistrates Court on April 22.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Darling Down District Inspector Kelly Hanlen said it was disappointing to see local farmers become the target of thieves.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/yelarbon-man-charged-with-stealing-1000-litre-diesel/95b253b1-63b2-4a57-a2fe-c7c7d08b812f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Fuel is not a luxury for our farmers – it is essential to keeping machinery running, crops and livestock tended and livelihoods afloat," Hanlen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This type of act shows a complete disregard for the hard work and challenges faced by those who help put food on our tables."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the price of diesel </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/petrol-prices-australia-when-will-fuel-prices-go-down-after-pm-strikes-deal-with-singapore/67682665-3bfd-4704-8001-1774e08dd382" rel="" target="" title="continuing to soar well past $3 a litre"><span>continuing to soar well past $3 a litre</span></a><span>, farmers are being encouraged to take steps to help prevent </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/theft" rel="" target="" title="thefts"><span>thefts</span></a><span>, including securing their fuel supplies, installing and signposting security cameras and storing fuel out of direct sight from the road.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A 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