The Associated Press is reporting that a dark cherry red Peterbilt tanker truck hauling gasoline was stolen at gunpoint this morning in Baltimore. ABC News follows up with word that police believe it to be a straight-up robbery and not connected to terrorism in any way, but that the Joint Terrorism Task Forces from Washington and Baltimore are assisting local Police in the investigation as a precaution.

The suspect was last seen driving the truck toward an I-95 on-ramp, so law enforcement agencies throughout the I-95 corridor have been alerted. Hiding a truck that big, and trying to unload that much stolen gasoline, seems like a feat and a half. It might be worth a lot of money, but if it’s really only a criminal operation, this certainly smells like a case of a pretty dumb, or desperate, plan.

The truck’s Maryland license plate is 436-F45 and the tanker has Maine license plate 126-8185. Anyone with information is asked to call the police.

UPDATE: The AP reports the truck has been found, parked on South Capital Street in Southwest D.C. So apparently the answer to our question of where you go with a stolen tanker is to dump it as soon as you can and hope the police don’t find your fingerprints.