Ignition Point: Frustrated New Yorker charged in improper Conn. gas run

[onedef92]

Frustrated New Yorker charged in improper Conn. gas run

Posted: Nov 05, 2012 10:10 AM EST
Updated: Nov 05, 2012 11:48 AM EST

ORANGE, CT (WFSB) - A New Yorker frustrated by the region's gas shortage following Hurricane Sandy is accused of filling up dozens of 5-gallon buckets with gas and trying to take them back into the Empire State.

Police in Orange said Yunus Latif, of Richmond Hill, N. Y. traveled to Connecticut on a gas run for himself and his neighbors, and filled dozens of buckets with gas and put them all into his van.

The Orange Fire Department, as well as officials from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, responded to the Valero on the Post Road in Orange after getting word of the illegal transport.

Police said the containers were not legally approved and Latif violated the state's flammable or combustible liquid law.

Latif and the store clerk were both charged with misdemeanors for the violations.

[mrvette]

Were they GAS CANS or covered drywall buckets?? which would be ok, either one, really,.....but not according to some lawyer.....

[RED-85-Z51]

Jesus...Dont they have more important things to worry about up there?

i mean...is there some kind of secret underground reporting network for "illegally transported fuel"?

[snide]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Were they GAS CANS or covered drywall buckets?? which would be ok, either one, really,.....but not according to some lawyer.....

I've never seen a bucket made out of drywall...

[onedef92]

Originally Posted by snide

I've never seen a bucket made out of drywall...

[island14]

Around here you can buy gas in glass liter Coke bottles..

Whats the big deal?

[Fastguy]

They were in five gallon home depot buckets.

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by island14

Around here you can buy gas in glass liter Coke bottles..

Whats the big deal?

And it's usually just a bit cheaper than at the gas station. I wonder how they make a profit.....

[Bill]

Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

And it's usually just a bit cheaper than at the gas station. I wonder how they make a profit.....

Volume.

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by Fastguy

They were in five gallon home depot buckets.

there's a pic of this - with the Home Depot "Homer" buckets.

They did have lids; but still not safe IMO.

[kylebuck]

Gas Cans= 20 dollars a can
5 gallon bucket= 3 dollars a bucket

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by joebuck

Gas Cans= 20 dollars a car
5 gallon bucket= 3 dollars

prolly the reasoning behind it. It was OK... until he got caught.

I imagine the gas station where he filled the buckets - notified the police.

[Bill]

Probably would have been better to just smuggle low tax cigarettes into $ 9.00/pack NYC, then use the profits to trade for gas.

[Jobaka]

What could possibly go wrong?

[island14]

Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

And it's usually just a bit cheaper than at the gas station. I wonder how they make a profit.....

This is the gas station here in my village...

The Coke bottles are good for perfect measurement, and the price is usually about 5 or 6 peso more per liter.

When they sell out the contents of the bottles they refill them from a plastic 5 gallon container.

They think I am a big spender because I usually buy two bottles at a time...