September 04, 2024
Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice
Thieves stole three pallets of seafood from a truck at Seventh Street and Packer Avenue in South Philadelphia early Wednesday morning, police say.
Thieves in South Philadelphia stole three pallets of seafood from the back of a tractor-trailer early Wednesday morning – the latest in a string of cargo thefts in the city.
Six men wearing masks and dressed all in black swiped the seafood at 3:30 a.m. at Seventh Street and Packer Avenue, 6ABC reported. The men loaded the pallets into three vehicles, with two heading north on Seventh Street and the other heading south, police said.
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Investigators have not detailed the type of seafood stolen, its value or how the thieves accessed it.
Last month, a pallet of tuna worth $10,000 was stolen from a refrigerated trailer at 3400 S. Lawrence St., just a few blocks away. Thieves took the tuna while the driver slept as he waited for his cargo to be unloaded at Samuels Seafood Co.
At that time, John Mackara, director of security for Samuels Seafood, said he suspected the crime was connected to other food thefts. Earlier that week, Samuels reported $2,400 in salmon was stolen from a truck.
Cargo thefts have been an ongoing issue in Philadelphia. Among the incidents reported this year: In July, $15,000 of beef was taken from a refrigerated truck in Southwest Philly. In Northeast Philly, thieves stole bourbon and seafood from a truck parked on the 11600 block of Caroline Road in March. The next month, a driver was injured while a group of thieves stole two pallets of snow crab worth $30,000 from a truck on the 4300 block of Byberry Road.
