Thieves stole approximately $150,000 worth of frozen beef from a tractor-trailer truck that stopped overnight in Grays Ferry on Memorial Day, police said.
The truck driver told investigators that he and his co-driver parked the truck on the 1400 block of Warfield Street at 4:30 p.m. Monday, and kept it there throughout the night, NBC10 reported. The drivers fell asleep around midnight and woke up at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday to find 10 1/2 pallets of meat were missing.
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Because the truck's engine and freezer were running during the night, the driver told police they didn't hear anyone entering the trailer.
No arrests have been made. Police are investigating.
A number of similar thefts were reported last year, with thieves nabbing a $10,000 pallet of tuna in August, $15,000 worth of beef from a refrigerated truck in July and $30,000 worth of snow crab in April. Thieves also stole bourbon and fish from a pair of trucks parked near each other in Northeast Philly in March 2024.
