Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Thief makes off with $40,000 in bananas

|
|
 
  
Published: July 6, 2008 at 11:13 AM

NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- A Delaware police officer said "a whole lot of potassium" is missing after someone stole two trailers carrying $40,000 worth of bananas.

The trailers were found in the Bronx borough of New York Saturday, but the bananas were mysteriously absent, The New York Post reported.

"Someone's got a whole lot of potassium," Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeffrey Whitmarsh said.

Whitmarsh said the banana trailers went missing Thursday and a New York police officer discovered them unattended along the road.

Officials said an investigation of registration plates indicated someone stole the fruit-filled trailers.

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 20
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
View Caption
Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic
fark
When you're 90 years old, you probably wish some nice young lady will come by your house so you...
The best cliff bound monasteries/zombie fortresses
Denver's solution for motorists who refuse to pull over for emergency vehicles: BASS
Never bring a pitchfork to a gunfight
Hi, I'm a stupid idiot. Please come rob me
Apparently there's no mandatory retirement age for burglars. w/classic mugshot