Deputies with the Guilford County Sheriff's Office discovered 18,000 pounds of toilet paper in stolen tractor-trailer truck during a traffic stop Wednesday.Sheriff Danny Rogers said deputies initiated a traffic investigation involving the 18-wheeler along Interstate 40 in Whitsett after a motor vehicle law violation. Investigators said they followed the vehicle to a warehouse/dock facility a short distance off of the interstate and encountered the driver. Deputies determined the 53-foot Hyundai dry-van trailer was reported stolen locally and was being utilized to transport nearly 18,000 pounds of commercial bathroom paper products. Deputies said the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.As the coronavirus outbreak spreads in North Carolina and the United States, toilet paper has a become the ultimate symbol of panic buying in grocery stores and supermarkets. Georgia Pacific, the maker of Angel Soft and Quilted Northern toilet paper, said that last week, some orders from retailers nearly doubled. The company managed to ship out 20% more than its normal capacity. And the American Forest & Paper Association, an industry group representing paper product makers, noted the industry is working hard to respond to the sudden spike in demand.

Deputies with the Guilford County Sheriff's Office discovered 18,000 pounds of toilet paper in stolen tractor-trailer truck during a traffic stop Wednesday.

Sheriff Danny Rogers said deputies initiated a traffic investigation involving the 18-wheeler along Interstate 40 in Whitsett after a motor vehicle law violation.


Investigators said they followed the vehicle to a warehouse/dock facility a short distance off of the interstate and encountered the driver.

Deputies determined the 53-foot Hyundai dry-van trailer was reported stolen locally and was being utilized to transport nearly 18,000 pounds of commercial bathroom paper products.

Deputies said the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

As the coronavirus outbreak spreads in North Carolina and the United States, toilet paper has a become the ultimate symbol of panic buying in grocery stores and supermarkets.

Georgia Pacific, the maker of Angel Soft and Quilted Northern toilet paper, said that last week, some orders from retailers nearly doubled. The company managed to ship out 20% more than its normal capacity.

And the American Forest & Paper Association, an industry group representing paper product makers, noted the industry is working hard to respond to the sudden spike in demand.