Beer bandits swipe PBR truck hauling 50,000 cans in California, leaving brand pleading for help

A truck packed with 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer vanished in California and police claim the missing haul could be part of a brazen cargo-theft operation that made off with roughly $70,000 in booze in a single morning.Pabst Blue Ribbon said its truck and beer shipment were stolen, telling the person behind the disappearance that it understood the temptation to brag about having that much PBR, but wished they had gotten it "the honorable way."The company put the alleged thief on the clock, offering exactly 18 days and 44 minutes to return the truck with no questions asked.HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN STOLEN GOODS RECOVERED AT A USED CAR LOT AFTER ADULT TOY COMPANY PURCHASEPabst Blue Ribbon shared a social media post asking for help locating its missing beer truck.(@pabstblueribbon via Instagram)Pabst also said it would offer a reward to anyone who helps crack the case, though it did not say how much it would pay, or why it chose the unusually precise deadline.The brand later issued a second post to squash doubts that the bizarre disappearance was a marketing stunt."To clear up the confusion, this story is real," Pabst wrote, urging anyone with information that could help solve the case to send a direct message.As the deadline ticked down, the company warned that the "beer is getting warmer" while the trail gets colder. It asked anyone who thinks they spotted the truck to snap a photo, tag Pabst or send a direct message with information about its whereabouts.Montclair police are investigating two cargo thefts reported Aug.

17 at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center that investigators believe could be linked.In the first incident, a shipment worth about $45,000 and bound for Tucson, Arizona, was picked up for delivery around 10 a.m.local time but never arrived, police said.OUT OF CONTROL, UNQUALIFIED ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKERS ENDANGERING KIDS ON US ROADS, INSIDER WARNS: ‘JUST MADNESS’Montclair Police Department headquarters in California, where i...