Re: Audacious Guinness theft

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:34:39 -0600, "Harry Thompson" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/1129/breaking41.htm

Last Updated: 29/11/2007 14:37
My goodness, thief drives off with 450 kegs
Patrick Logue

Dublin's famous Guinness brewery has been the victim of an audacious theft.

450 kegs were taken in Dublin robbery
A man drove a truck into the brewery on Victoria Quay, Dublin 8, yesterday
evening; hitched up a trailer containing 450 kegs of different beers; and
drove off into Dublin's traffic just as rush-hour got under way.

The haul contained 180 kegs of Guinness, 180 kegs of Budweiser and 90 kegs
of Carlsberg and has a total value of ?64,000. In the pubs, the loot would
represent approximately 40,500 pints and a whopping bar tab of approximately
?160,000.

The raid comes at one of the busiest times of the year for the brewery,
which supplies 13,000 pubs across Ireland that are preparing for the brisk
Christmas trading period.

Officers in Kevin Street Garda Station are investigating but a Garda
spokesman said there was no sign of the missing truck, trailer or its
driver.

Drinks company Diageo, which owns Guinness, said the raid was "very serious"
and unprecedented. "We have never had a breach of this scale", said
spokeswoman Grainne Mackin. "A full investigation is taking place into what
happened and how.

"There is CCTV, and all of this is being reviewed and supplied to the
gardaí". She added that on-street CCTV from the surrounding areas was also
being examined.

She said the trailer was taken from an area that would normally be busy with
trucks entering and exiting the St James's Gate site.

© 2007 ireland.com




It can't beat my all-time favourite theft. The Stone of Scone
was taken from Ireland to England after England invaded
Ireland. It was said that as long as the stone was in England,
England would always rule Ireland. The stone was placed
underneath the royal throne. Some students stole it. It was
missing for several years, until the police recovered it after
receiving a tip that it had been used in a stone wall in a field
somewhere. Now I'm a law-abiding wimp, not some 'ooligan,
but I would have loved to have been part of that theft!





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