Where’s the beef? <\/p>\n
That may have been the first question that came to mind for a tractor-trailer driver in Northeast Philly early Thursday after, police say, thousands of dollars worth of beef was stolen from a parked truck. <\/p>\n
According to police, officers responded at about 4:12 a.m. on Thursday to the 5200 block of Devereaux Street in the Wissinoming section of Northeast Philly after a tractor-trailer driver reported a cargo theft.<\/p>\n
The driver told responding officers that he was awaken while sleeping in the cab of the tractor-trailer to find an unknown number of offenders had cut a padlock on the rear trailer and were loading products into their vehicles. <\/p>\n
He shot cellphone video of the thieves as they fled the scene in a dark gray Nissan sedan and a pair of dark-colored SUVs, officials said. <\/p>\n
Once the thieves left the area, the driver examined the truck to find they had made off with five pallets — or $10,000 worth — of beef. <\/p>\n
Police have that cellphone video and an investigation into the theft is underway. <\/p>\n
However, the robbery was not the first theft of frozen foods from a truck in Philly this week. <\/p>\n