California Pabst Heist: $70K in Beer Cargo Missing as Two Thefts Probe Linked

Two cargo-theft incidents at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California involve a missing Pabst Blue Ribbon truck and about $70,000 in beer; police say the Aug. 17 thefts may be connected, with discrepancies in the trucking company, driver and vehicles. A first shipment (~$45K) bound for Tucson vanished, followed by a ~$25K fraudulent pickup; no suspects named yet. Pabst has urged tips and even set an unusual deadline to recover the truck as investigators probe potential links to a single operation.