All articles tagged with #cargo theft
Thieves stole two trailers from autonomous trucking firm PlusAI in Fremont, California, expecting high-value Nvidia AI chips. Instead, they found 40,000 pounds of sand used for testing. The trailers were recovered in Newark within hours after a friend spotted them, and no arrests have been made.
Thieves stole two trailers bearing Nvidia and PlusAI logos from a Fremont warehouse, expecting high-value AI hardware. Instead, they found 40,000 pounds of sand used for testing. The trailers were recovered in Newark after a friend spotted them, and no arrests have been made.
Pabst Brewing CEO Greig DeBow offers up to $20,000 for information to recover 1,602 cases of PBR stolen from a Montclair, California warehouse, part of the 'Great American Beer Heist,' with a Sept. 9 deadline and total missing value around $70,000 as investigators probe related cargo thefts.
Pabst Brewing Company is asking the public to help solve the theft of more than 40,000 pounds of beer from an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California, after two cargo thefts that involved fake documents and a shipment worth tens of thousands of dollars. The company is offering a reward and has publicly called for the beer’s return, noting that no trucks were stolen, only the beer inside. Investigators are linking the incidents and continuing the probe as roughly 34,000 cans were taken (about 33,984 cans).
Montclair police are probing two beer cargo thefts totaling about $70,000 at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center, where fraudulent pickup documents were used to arrange shipments; one load bound for Tucson disappeared, while the second involved Anheuser-Busch and Pabst Blue Ribbon products. Investigators see similarities between the incidents and suspect a broker was involved, with no arrests announced and the case still active.
Pabst Brewing posted a reward after thieves used false documentation to steal 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer from a Montclair, California distribution center, a shipment valued at about $25,000; a separate $45,000 shipment bound for Tucson was stolen earlier the same day, and authorities are investigating possible ties between the two incidents as part of a fraudulent cargo operation.
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.
Cook County investigators recovered two trailers at a Chicago-area yard containing about $1.3 million in data-center supplies—$300,000 in copper wire and $1 million in data-center infrastructure—highlighting a rising pattern of organized cargo theft targeting metals and data-center equipment amid a data-center construction boom.
Two stolen trailers containing more than $1.3 million in cargo were recovered at a suburban Chicago truck yard. One trailer held about $300,000 worth of copper wire; the other contained roughly $1 million in data-center infrastructure equipment. The shipments were reported stolen in Alabama and Florida, and investigators are seeking the driver and others involved with the thefts; no arrests have been announced and the case remains ongoing.
Thieves stole about 413,793 KitKat bars weighing roughly 12 tons from a truck traveling from a Nestlé factory in central Italy to Poland; the vehicle and its contents remain unaccounted for, but Nestlé says consumer safety and supply are not affected, noting cargo theft and fraud are rising in the sector according to IUMI and TAPA.
Nestlé says about 12 tons (413,793 bars) of Kit Kat vanished after leaving a central Italy production site for Poland; the truck and shipment remain missing and the exact disappearance location isn’t disclosed. The stolen bars could surface in unofficial channels but can be traced using batch codes, with scanning providing reporting instructions. No safety risks have been identified, and the cargo theft is under investigation.
Thieves hijacked a truck carrying about 12 tonnes of KitKat-branded Formula 1 merchandise traveling from Italy toward Poland; no injuries were reported and roughly 413,793 KitKats are affected, underscoring a wider cargo-theft trend. Nestlé’s F1 partnership and the chocolate-themed design were central to the incident.
Roughly 12 tonnes (about 413,793 units) of the new Formula 1 KitKat bars were stolen in transit across Europe, from Italy toward Poland; the truck and cargo are unaccounted for, no injuries were reported, and Nestlé says only one shipment was involved. The incident highlights a broader rise in cargo theft, though KitKat notes batch codes allow traceability of the stolen product.
Twelve tons of KitKat bars went missing after thieves stole the truck carrying 413,793 bars from central Italy to distribute across Europe; the vehicle and cargo are unaccounted for, Nestlé said, while KitKat noted the bars are traceable by batch codes and urged batch-number scans to contact the company.
A series of seafood thefts in New England, including $400,000 worth of lobster destined for Costco in Illinois, involved sophisticated fraud and impersonation by criminals, highlighting a growing problem of cargo theft that impacts consumers and businesses alike.