The Baleswar police on Thursday seized a crude oil-laden tanker which overturned beside NH-60 near Haldipada.
The police suspected that miscreants involved in siphoning crude oil from the IOCl pipeline fled the scene after the vehicle turned turtle on Wednesday night.
The police also found cuts in the oil pipeline sources. Oil company personnel were repairing the snapped lines.
Rupsa police Station Officer-in-charge Ashok Nayak suspected that a racket involved in smuggling crude oils fled from the spot after the lorry met with the mishap.