UPDATE: The trailer has been found (smashed, but found), but police still want help to locate thieves. To read the details, click here.

Gas station clerks in particular are being asked by the Buffalo Police to help solve a miniature mystery of who is responsible for stealing a red 2001 Chevy truck and 14′ silver trailer today (Tuesday, July 22) near downtown Buffalo — of which the truck, minus the trailer — was then found later this morning on the west end of Collinwood Lake in Meeker County, southwest of Cokato.

The truck was originally stolen with a low gas tank at 6:44 a.m., but was found with more gas in it at noon today, reported Liet. Bob Harri of Buffalo. The truck is a Chevrolet crew cab four door pickup truck; stolen complete with a 14 foot silver enclosed trailer, which has yet to be found. The trailer was new, although it contained items of nominal value.

The truck received some damage to its windshield and steering column. It was coincidentally noticed by a friend of the owner, who drove by the Collinwood Township Hall (just inside Meeker Co.) when he saw the truck.

Anonymous tips are welcome and may be called in at (763) 682-5976. “Any help from the public would be appreciated,” Harri said. To speak with a live person, call during the day; otherwise something may be left on the voicemail overnight at this number, he said.