DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Thieves with some type of pumping mechanism are targeting truckers, stealing hundreds of dollars worth of fuel.

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"There is so much of it being taken, to the tune of hundreds of gallons, that it has to be through some type of pumping mechanism," Daytona Beach Sgt. Bill Rhodes said. "This seems to me to be well organized."

Detectives said the thieves are targeting truck stops near Interstate 95 in Florida.

"You have to watch where you park your truck or leave it," trucker Rick Morgan said. "If somebody is watching you at a truck stop, when you go inside and shower or eat, they are stealing fuel right out of your truck."

It can cost more than $750 to fill up many 240-gallon tanks on big rigs, Local 6 reported..

Morgan said truckers are also robbing each other because the price of gas is so high.

"It has gotten real bad," Morgan said. "Some of our owner operators at our company have fueled up and awaken in the morning to find their tanks empty."

Many truckers said they are trying new gas locks, Local 6's Tarik Minor reported.

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