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Thieves nab $157,000 worth of whisky

Published: Feb. 11, 2010 at 2:52 PM

DUMFRIES, Scotland, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Police in Scotland said thieves stole two trailers loaded with $157,000 worth of whiskey from a heavily-secured depot.

Investigators said the thieves brought their own articulated tractor units and drove the Grants whiskey trailers out of the brightly-lit Curries yard right under the noses of security workers and surveillance cameras at the Dumfries facility, Scotsman.com reported Thursday.

Police said the theft took place between 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday.

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