Heist of high-profile tequila helps shine light on growing cargo theft

Updated Oct 8, 2025

Some 24,000 bottles of high-end Santo Tequila went missing late last year on their way to a warehouse.

The cargo theft of the booze brand founded by Food Network star Guy Fieri and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, was part of the billion dollar plague of cargo theft sweeping the U.S. trucking industry.

CBS 60 Minutes took a deep dive int the tequila heist and cargo theft in general.

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