Petrol thieves are already drilling into fuel tanks both here and overseas, leaving owners with unroadworthy cars and costly repair bills. And with petrol prices on the march, it will only get worse.

The security on some petrol fillers has become so good that crooks have taken to the drill. It's so bad in Dandenong that some residents have laid rabbit traps under their cars as a pre-emptive strike.

Petrol drilling is happening in the UK, too.

Not only is it a mongrel act, but one spark and you're on the Molotov express.