UPPER DARBY, Pa. (WPVI) — Police in Delaware County are investigating a series of meat thefts caught on surveillance video, showing thieves unloading boxes from tractor-trailers parked overnight in an industrial area.<\/p>\n
Upper Darby police released video that shows five cars pulling up behind a tractor-trailer, with several people getting out, opening the back door and unloading boxes of meat into their vehicles.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the theft took only a few minutes and resulted in about $30,000 worth of meat being stolen.<\/p>\n
“Now that’s wholesale,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Tim Bernhardt. “You’re going to double that for the retail end of it.”<\/p>\n
Police say there have been three thefts, all believed to be related, with stolen goods totaling $80,000 wholesale.<\/p>\n
The theft shown in the surveillance video happened on January 5 at about 2:30 a.m. in front of Philly’s Best Steak Company on the 600 block of Industrial Park Drive.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the other two crimes happened at the same location, where all three trucks had parked overnight.<\/p>\n
“The Best Philly Steaks is the last stop, Bernhardt said. “They pull up late in the evening knowing they’re closed for business and won’t open ’til the morning.”<\/p>\n
In each case, police say the drivers had been asleep in their cabs and woke up to find their trucks broken into.<\/p>\n
“It’s very simple for these thieves that are getting into these trucks,” Bernhardt said. “It literally takes a pair of scissors to cut this tag that’s on the back of the truck.”<\/p>\n
Police believe all three thefts are connected and hope the surveillance video will help identify those responsible.<\/p>\n
“If anybody has anything or has seen anything suspicious, call us and let us know so we can look into that,” Bernhardt said.<\/p>\n
Police also say they believe the thieves are selling the stolen beef to small restaurants at a discounted rate and, because of the cold weather, may be storing the boxes outside.<\/p>\n
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Upper Darby police.<\/p>\n
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