Two charged in theft of $5,000 worth of used cooking oil from Flagler County business

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A routine business check in Flagler County led to the arrest of two men for attempting to steal nearly $5,000 of used cooking oil.

According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, 48-year-old Rui Gen Lin and 41-year-old Rong Chen of Gainesville were caught stealing 7,000 pounds of used cooking oil from Woody’s Bar-B-Que in Palm Coast Thursday morning.

Investigators said Lin and Chen were spotted inside a fenced-in area behind the restaurant just after 3 a.m.

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