Unknown wife taps diesel and escapes: police investigated!

Von NAG Redaktion

Eine Frau tankt 47 Liter Diesel an einer Autobahntankstelle nahe Hildesheim und weigert sich zu zahlen. Ermittlungen laufen.
A woman sinks 47 liters of diesel at a motorway petrol station near Hildesheim and refuses to pay. Investigations run. (Symbolbild/MND)

Hildesheim, Deutschland - An incident that caused headlines occurred on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at a motorway petrol station near Hildesheim. Here an unknown woman fueled her Toyota with impressive 47 liters of diesel and simply ignored the fuel bill of over 74 euros. At the cash register, she informed the staff that she was not planning to pay. Then she immediately drove back to her vehicle and left the petrol station unhindered without stating her identity. This is reported by the hildesheimer general .

The Hildesheim motorway police took the situation seriously and initiated criminal proceedings. The investigation is in full swing. It should be noted positively that the license plates of the vehicle are not stolen, which offers the first approaches for the police to find out the perpetrator. Nevertheless, there is no information about the motivation of the women and further details about the incident, since the police currently do not provide any information, according to the Presseportal .

Current developments in the security situation

petrol stations are a much more secure place compared to a few years ago. In Germany, the number of raids at petrol stations in 2020 fell to 579, which is a slight decline compared to the 587 raids in 2019. This was confirmed by the Central Association of the Petrol Office Management in an evaluation of the police crime statistics. At first, due to the introduction of mask obligation, the fear had been feared that the raids could increase, but this was not the case. The risk varied greatly depending on the region; In this way, petrol stations in rural areas remain less at risk than in large cities such as Berlin, where the risk of attack is 20 %.

The decline in tank fraud, which dropped from 70,498 in 2019 to 60.230 in 2020, is particularly noteworthy - a minus of almost 15 %. Among other things, periods with border closures and increased controls in border regions are possible explanations that the fraud in some federal states, such as in Saarland, even decreased by 35 %. This information comes from the statistical perspective of the Central Association of the petrol station trade .

The police are now asking for evidence of witnesses or people who can say something about the incident. Residents and travelers who were at the petrol station at the time of the crime are asked to report on 05121/939-225. The website of the Hildesheim police inspection also offers contact points for possible information.

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