AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - British police hunt thieves after 70,000 pints of Guinness stolen near Liverpool
Police in northwest England are searching for two drivers who stole two full trailer truckloads of Guinness, an estimated 70,000 pints, sparking renewed concerns over organized theft and law enforcement priorities. The bold theft took place on a Monday night at an industrial park in Runcorn, near Liverpool. According to the reported account, two unidentified […] The post British police hunt thieves after 70,000 pints of Guinness stolen near Liverpool appeared first on American Almanac .
Police in northwest England are searching for two drivers who stole two full trailer truckloads of Guinness, an estimated 70,000 pints, sparking renewed concerns over organized theft and law enforcement priorities. The bold theft took place on a Monday night at an industrial park in Runcorn, near Liverpool. According to the reported account , two unidentified drivers pulled up to the depot and hauled away trailers packed with around 800 barrels of Guinness stout. The stolen beer was valued at £115,000, or about $155,000, and the trailers themselves reportedly worth another £50,000 ($67,000). No motive for the heist has been given, and police have yet to announce any arrests or the recovery of the missing beer. The theft’s scale has…Open