Deliveries in Philadelphia continue to to be targeted by cargo thieves.
On Sunday, July 20, two men are said to have broken into a parked tractor-trailer and made off with some 40 boxes of meat while the driver slept.
NBC10.com reports the theft occurred Sunday at about 3:15 a.m. while the truck was parked near the 9700 block of Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia.
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Two men are said to have broken into the trailer and loaded 40 boxes of beef into two waiting SUVs, and fled before police arrived.
The stolen meat is reported to be worth $22,000.
The truck was parked behind a Lowe's in a shopping center.
Police continue their investigation.
This is just the latest in a long string of cargo thefts in Philadelphia. Others include:
- Police stop latest Philadelphia meat cargo theft while in progress
- $12,000 worth of pork stolen from truck in Northeast Philadelphia
- $30,000 in snow crabs stolen in Philadelphia; driver beaten by crooks
- Crooks make off with frozen beef in latest cargo theft in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia cargo thieves strike again; $15,000 in frozen beef stolen
- Philadelphia cargo crooks strike again; steal $42,000 worth of frozen crab
