LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) - Two men are accused of stealing used cooking oil from restaurant grease bins in London.

According to their arrest citations, 44-year-old Sergio Alfredo Poveda Gonzalez and 41-year-old Richard Hidalgo Delgado are facing theft charges.

The citations say someone called police early Wednesday morning about a theft happening on South Laurel Road near El Pescador restaurant. The caller said someone was taking used cooking oil from restaurant waste tanks.

When officers got there, they found the two men pumping cooking oil from the restaurant’s waste containers into their, according to the arrest citation.

Police say the men couldn’t show any paperwork proving they had permission to collect the oil, and their van wasn’t even registered to a business.

According to police,

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