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July 10, 2015 - 12:32AM


Los Angeles: The vehicle used for the alleged pilfering of water from a Californian water district's fire hydrant was a white water-tender truck - not a red Ferrari driven by a moustachioed man wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball cap and a Hawaiian shirt.

But in a complaint, the Calleguas Municipal Water District points the finger at former Magnum P.I. star Tom Selleck. And they say they hired a real P.I. to prove it.

Selleck had huge amounts of water from a public hydrant delivered to his sprawling Hidden Valley ranch, according to court documents filed against the veteran actor.

The Calleguas Municipal Water District said in its complaint that on more than a dozen occasions since 2013, a white truck filled up at a hydrant in the drought-stricken state and hauled the water to Selleck's 24-hectare ranch in Westlake Village.

To document the alleged theft, the water district spent nearly $US22,000 ($29,000) to hire a private investigator, according to the complaint.