A man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of attempting to steal gasoline after he unwittingly filled his car's tank with water and the vehicle became stranded shortly afterwards, police said.
Fujio Hirakawa, 56, allegedly stole the liquid from an 18-liter plastic tank in a gardener's workshop in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, believing it to be gasoline.
But the 56-year-old gardener, who had suffered a similar theft of gasoline from the tank two weeks previously, had deliberately refilled it with water.
On Wednesday morning, the gardener found the tank empty and during a search came across the suspect's car stranded in a wooded area about 200 meters from the workshop, and called the police.
According to the police, Hirakawa has admitted to the allegations, saying he had no money. He is being charged with attempted theft and trespassing.---www.breitbart.com
