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TIRE THEFTS * USA - Truckers victims of
Costs eventually passed on to consumers
Victorville,CA,USA -The Victorville Daily Press, by BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA -January 21, 2009: -- As the bottom has fallen out of the metal market, the sharp decrease in metal thefts has allowed another problem to come to light — the theft of tractor-trailer tires and rims... This has been a nuisance to the trucking industry for years and cost the local trucking industry tens of thousands of dollars in replacement costs. But locating and returning tires worth hundreds of dollars each has no easy solution, officials said... “We recently had a case where someone stole the tires and rims off of a trailer but left the cargo inside — beer,” Detective Carlos Flores with the San Bernardino County Auto Theft Task Force said. “They had even popped open the seal, so they knew the beer was there”...
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