Romanian prosecutors investigate fuel theft at NATO military base


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  • Thursday, 17 Nov 2022

FILE PHOTO: US soldiers walk next to M1 Abrams tanks at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, February 14, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian military prosecutors said on Wednesday they are investigating seven soldiers and a civilian for stealing roughly seven tonnes of fuel from a NATO military air base in the eastern county of Constanta.

Prosecutors have detained the eight suspects and are asking the court to approve temporary 28-day arrest warrants.

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