Gas Station Heist Uncovered | Mauritius News

Mauritius News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 3, 2026 · 1m

At 1 AM, police raced to a gas station in Mapou after reports of a brutal break-in—padlocks shattered, racks ripped open, and gas cylinders vanished. Using intel and tracking, they pinned it down to a suspect driving a car near Ex-Railway Road, who was found with sixteen stolen cylinders and tried to blame a friend. Before being cuffed, he spilled the beans on an accomplice still at large. Officers seized the car, tools of the crime, and later nabbed another twenty cylinders hidden behind the old Mapou District Court—totaling thirty-six. The suspect’s story? A cash grab gone sideways. Listen…