An unmanned, remotely control observation airplane, known as a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), was on patrol in Samarra at approximately 12:30 a.m. Dec. 28 when the operator of the aircraft noticed something odd happening at a gas station. A tanker truck was parked at the station with hoses running from the tanker to the station’s fuel storage cells. The operator of the UAV knew the station was closed so he monitored the truck from the air and notified his supervisor, who then alerted a 4th Infantry Division unit assigned to the area in Samarra.
This is SO cool.
A 3rd Brigade Combat Team reconnaissance team responded and established a roadblock and stopped the fleeing truck. Two people in the truck were captured without incident and the truck, now full of gasoline, was confiscated. |