LINDEN — Thieves might have bitten off more than they can chew with a heist this week, police say.

An entire shipping container with $100,000 in hamburger patties was stolen sometime Monday night into Tuesday morning, said Capt. James Sarnicki.

The owner of BMG Logistics on West Edgar Road told police that the refrigerated, 40-foot container was stolen, along with 3,000 containers of meat, which had been bound for the Netherlands, Sarnicki said.

The theft allegedly happened sometime between 8 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday, he added.

Grainy video footage shows a tractor pulling the trailer out of the yard at 10:33 p.m. Monday night, Sarnicki said.

The container was on a 2006 trailer with California license plate number 4HR1817. The container was originally shipped from Kansas City, Mo., Sarnicki said. The patties were the Hilton brand, and were bound for Hilton hotels outside the United States, he added.



The police are still investigating the theft, Sarnicki said. Anyone with information on the theft should call detective Frank Leporino at (908) 474-8537.

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