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Suspect in crude oil thefts arrested, RCMP get their man

Alleged oil thefts in Saskatchewan and Alberta

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61-year old Bruce Russell Hardy has been charged in connection with a number of large-scale crude oil thefts from sites in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

MAIDSTONE, Sask. _ Perhaps he hadn’t seen the latest price for oil.

RCMP have a man in custody who is charged in several large-scale crude oil thefts from energy sites in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Mounties say they made an arrest on Tuesday after an investigation that spanned several months.

Bruce Russell Hardy, who is 61 and from Lashburn, Sask., is facing seven counts of theft over $5,000.

Hardy is to appear in a Lloydminster courtroom on Feb. 23.

Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude is now under US$30 a barrel.

The charges against Bruce Russell Hardy have not been proven in a court of law.

The Canadian Press

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