SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Some area gas thieves are finding out the hard way…crime doesn’t pay.

The Midway Service Station is located in a quiet rural setting north of Sioux Falls.

It was the perfect place to fill up the tank free of charge in the dead of night.

That was,..until owner Bruce Vollan decided to set a trap.

It didn’t take long to see if the idea would work.

Vollan says one of his delivery drivers saw a stalled vehicle just a couple miles down the road early that morning.