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21st Jul 2014

300,000 litres of beer stolen during Germany’s WC celebrations; no one noticed for four days

It's the perfect crime...

Paul Moore

It’s the perfect crime…

JOE likes to think that if Ireland had won the World Cup in Brazil, most of the country would probably only be starting to sober up now… a week after the actual match. We think it’s fairly safe to say that every single person in Germany was watching their 1-0 win over Argentina apart from these thieves who may have pulled off the greatest heist since George Clooney and co in Oceans 11.

Using the distraction of their nation celebrating a World Cup win, a group of thieves managed to steal 300,000-litres of beer heist near Krefeld, and no one noticed for four days.

The heist occurred just around 5pm last Thursday, when the the thieves broke into an unguarded beer warehouse on the outskirts of the town.Witnesses recall seeing blue and white trucks with three men loading items, but they didn’t think it was overly suspicious so they didn’t report it.

Whatever happened to thieves wearing black and white stripped tops and a little mask like Zorro?

How much beer did these thieves manage to take? The lads got away with over 300,000 litres which is ten delivery trucks worth and roughly worth $1,000,000. Wow, JOE can’t even imagine what that would look like.

Police have not revealed what brand or brands of beer were stolen, but they are asking anyone who can provide information about where the beer might be stored to come forward.

Yeah good luck with that.

HT – 101greatgoals

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