Two thefts net 34,000 cans of Pabst beer from Southern California warehouse
Police say more than 34,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee beer, valued at about $70,000, were taken in two separate robberies on Aug. 17 from an Anheuser-Busch distribution center east of Los Angeles.
Police in Montclair, California, reported that two thefts on Aug. 17 resulted in the loss of roughly 34,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon and non-alcoholic Old Milwaukee beer, worth an estimated $70,000. The incidents occurred at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center about 40 miles east of Los Angeles. In the first robbery, beer valued at $45,000 destined for Tucson, Arizona, was taken but never delivered. An hour later, a group presenting false paperwork as a subcontractor removed an additional $25,000 worth of product.
Pabst Blue Ribbon responded on Instagram, noting the stolen cargo weighed about 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg) and launching a countdown in hopes of its return. > "To the thief: we don’t fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have, we just wish you obtained it the honorable way," the company wrote. > "P.s. this is real and we are deadly serious."