Police in South Philadelphia stopped thieves from walking away with $55,000 worth of beef in an attempted cargo theft earlier this week.
In the early mornin g hours of Tuesday, March 11, four suspects backed a box truck up to the back of a tractor-trailer parked outside a Sysco facility. The suspects started loading boxes of beef into the box truck, but in the process woke the sleeping tractor-trailer driver, who called police.
When the police arrived, the suspects fled in an SUV, leaving behind the box truck -- which had been stolen -- and the beef.
Police gave chase but did not capture the suspects.
The beef was returned to the tractor-trailer.
Philadelphia has been the scene of numerous cargo thefts since late last year.
