‘Fuel theft has cost my petrol station £2,000 since Iran war started - my family can’t carry on like this’

NewsUKHome News‘Fuel theft has cost my petrol station £2,000 since Iran war started – my family can’t carry on like this’Family-run petrol stations are suffering significantly as fuel theft rises by nearly 30 per centHarriette Boucher Wednesday 22 April 2026 15:53 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2962032","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/petrol-theft-iran-war-family-businesses-b2962032.html","title":"‘Fuel theft has cost my family-run petrol station £2,000 since Iran war started’"}}CloseFinance expert reveals simple ways to save money on fuel as prices climbGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP","regTitle":"Morning Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"morning_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"d9194ae4-912a-47fb-8f79-f495b1e014c1","type":"morning_headlines","pathPrefix":["/news/uk","/news/uk/home-news"],"title":"Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/morningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews","regSourceSection":"Home News","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}“If someone steals £100 worth of fuel from us, that is £100 out of my profit for the d...