Still no word on how they knew what railroad car to break into and that info may never be known.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-gun-theft-cargo-train-20171003-story.html
BDL
Blind Dumb Luck
Break into enough containers or trailers and eventually you will find something of value.
More likely they that had a tip
I have to go with Balt, probably just pure luck.
I’ll tell you something, I’d love to see the blizzard of law enforcement personnel descending on the NS yard. Local, county, state, FBI, ATF, they’ll be all over this one, trust me.
I’m torn between blind luck and some inside information.
It’d be nice to think that everyone handling the freight is upstanding, but not necessarily.
A lot depends on whether the actual Shipper and Consignee were shown on the shipping documents or if they were handled through 3PL on both ends.
If the Shipper shows as Rugger Armaments - it is pretty clear what the contents will be.
As much as I hate to say it - an employee that was under my chain of responsibility at one time (I had moved to another position when it hit the fan) was directing a theft ring using company police as the ones hitting the trailers and containers based off the information he was communicating from the wheel reports. At the time the FBI busted his ring they carted away 4 40 foot semis of product that he had been selling at local flea markets. I believe he ended up getting 10 years at Jimmy Hoffa U (Lewisville Federal Corrections facility in Pennsylvania).
That would be Lewisburg.
I stand corrected - once you have seen a ville and a burg one tends to look like the other and vice versa.
I doubt if they knew the guns would be there. It’s more likely that it was one pallet in an LTL load. Otherwise, they would have gotten a lot more guns.
League or Union? [:)]
The consignor and consignee are required on bills of lading, even if it is a commision company the names of the shipper and receiver must be on the BOL.
Without this information, how can the carrier know where the shipment is going and whom to bill?
When I shipped hazardous material, I gave the driver a bill of lading and information concerning each hazardous material in the shipment. The bill also showed who originatd the shipment.
There is “A” shipper’s name. It may not be the entity that tendered the goods. In a “blind” shipment “A” buys goods from “B”. He sells them to “C”. A does not want B to know who he is selling to or B may contact C and cut A out of the deal. A gives B a bill of lading showing the carrier as consignee. A gives the carrier a bill showing A as the shipper and C as the consignee. The carrier picks up the goods and delivers to C who does not know who B is.
So, while a shipper must be shown, it may not be the entity where the goods originated. This arrangement could also be used by the actual shipper, in this case Sturm , Ruger ,& co., to conceal the actual shipper of the goods.
Also, what makes anyone think that a “sea container” is used to ship from New Hampshire to washington state?
Neither, rugby players in either version of the game don’t wear armour.
Wouldn’t it get shipped under a name that’s less conspicuous just to keep it under the radar of potential thieves such as this? Shipped from S.W. Mfg.”, for example instead of advertising that this container is chock full of Smith & Wesson guns?
I worked summers at an airport. A yellow Pinto station wagon would bring the weekly gold shipment from the Homestake Gold Mine.
You can rest assured that those that are stealing high value articles know all the shipping alias’s of the various shippers and consignees.
The waybill is not on the container or boxcar for the most part.
If we blind ship to a customer from a supplier, the shipper shows us with the suppliers address. We are in Flint, Mi., buy from a Chicago whse. and ship to a customer in Bad Axe, Mi. All that is shown is us with a Chicago address and the receiving customer. We’ve even shipped to our selves from ourselves with addresses we’re not at.
If you’re ever in PA, stop by and take a look at Lewisburg. Looks like a large, beautiful Gothic monastery . . . . . except it’s surrounded by a 40-foot brick wall with gun towers. Proper name is U.S. Penitentiary Lewisburg, and it is a pretty scary place. Visited there a few times, don’t want to go back.