{"id":315419,"date":"2026-10-27T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315419\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:22:15","slug":"3k-lbs-of-crab-legs-stolen-from-back-of-tractor-trailer-in-philadelphia-cargo-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315419\/","title":{"rendered":"3K lbs. of crab legs stolen from back of tractor-trailer in Philadelphia cargo heist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch ABC News live news stream and get 24\/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793118135_798_origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, October 27, 2026 3:54PM<\/p>\n<p>Follow abc7NY on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Police are investigating after thieves snagged cases of frozen snow crab in a cargo heist in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The driver called police at about 4 a.m. Tuesday saying several men had broken into his trailer while he was sleeping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He told police that he saw six men loading the cases into a pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">When he got out to confront the suspects, one of the thieves chased the driver down the street, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The group then took off in multiple vehicles, including a gray Ford F-150 and a gray Dodge Caravan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They were able to make off with two pallets, which contain 50 boxes that weigh 30 pounds each, for a total of 3,000 pounds in stolen seafood, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The investigation remains ongoing with Southwest Detectives.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch ABC News live news stream and get 24\/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video. Tuesday, October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[128639,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-315419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-128639","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}