Would-be thieves accessed the bus’ waste tank instead of the one containing fuel. 
 
 Opportunistic petrol thieves may have lost their appetite for crime after seemingly copping a taste of raw sewage in a botched siphoning attempt. 
 
 Laverton Police Sen. Sgt Heath Soutar said a visiting tour bus fell victim to an attempted theft last week. 
 
 Sen. Sgt Soutar said it appeared the would-be thief or thieves tried to siphon fuel from the parked bus during the night. 
 
 However, they got a bit more than they bargained for when they accidentally accessed the bus’ waste tank instead of the one containing fuel. 
 
 Sen. Sgt Soutar said the discarded cap and lack of fuel stolen suggested they had failed to get away with what they were hoping to steal. 
 
 “We can infer they beat a very hasty retreat, with a somewhat bitter taste in their mouth, ” he said. 
 
 Sen. Sgt Soutar said that while Laverton Police were looking for the offenders, police officers “have absolutely zero interest” in tracking down the stolen goods. 
 
 He did however say officers were hoping “word of mouth” would help crack the case. ||||| It's a gas: But instead of petrol in the tank, the would-be robbers found waste 
 
 Thieves who were attempting to siphon petrol from the tank of a bus got a nasty surprise when they accidentally tapped the SEWAGE tank. 
 
 The visiting tour bus was found with a cap beside it on the ground, showing that the would-be perpetrators managed to remove it. 
 
 But police in Laverton, Western Australia say that when the thief or thieves tried to siphon the fuel from the tank, they got a mouthful of poo instead. 
 
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 Laverton Police Sen. Sgt Heath Soutar told Yahoo: “We can infer they beat a very hasty retreat, with a somewhat bitter taste in their mouth.” 
 
 He added that police officers “have absolutely zero interest” in recovering the stolen goods.
– Turns out that stealing gas from a tour bus is more nuanced than one might think, as demonstrated by a would-be thief or set of thieves earlier this month in Australia. In what the Mirror refers to as a simple case of "mixing up poo and petrol," Laverton cops say the perps tried to remove gas from the tour bus as it was parked overnight, using the tried-and-true siphoning method, but they apparently picked the wrong tank, the West Australian reports. Instead of the fuel tank, the suspects got their hands—and mouths—on the waste tank, meaning they likely sucked up some raw sewage during the siphoning spree. "We can infer they beat a very hasty retreat, with a somewhat bitter taste in their mouth," a local police sergeant tells the paper, adding cops have "absolutely zero interest" in recouping the poop. They still do want to track down the suspects, though—hopefully by "word of mouth," the sergeant adds. (Remember that "toxic poopsicle" in Indiana?)