Criminal punishments will be meted out, including the death penalty.

They put huts up and drill into pipes underneath. Many we don't find.

Criminal punishments will be meted out, including the death penalty, as stealing oil in some areas has reached such a serious level it has wrecked production facilities.

Theft of crude oil is rampant in some regions.

The police will show these gangs no leniency, even though some are under the protection of local governments, who expect the stealing would boost the slack local economy.