A cargo truck with approximately $750,000 in dimes was broken into in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Police Department tells PEOPLE that the robbery occurred after an unmarked trailer was left at a Walmart parking lot overnight on Thursday. The driver had picked up the dimes from the Philadelphia Mint earlier that day and was set to transport them to Florida on Friday.
“It is unknown how much was taken,” the PPD told PEOPLE in a statement, sharing that the dimes were seen scattered into the parking lot after the theft was reported to authorities around 6 a.m on Thursday.
The U.S. Mint did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
While no arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing, authoritiesshared with the Associated Pressthat the thieves are said to have “fled with at least $100,000.”
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The outlet reports that “police are now combing through surveillance video in an attempt to find who may have broken into the trailer.”
source: people.com
