$28,000 worth of chicken stolen in Puerto Rico | Inquirer News

$28,000 worth of chicken stolen in Puerto Rico

/ 10:02 AM December 14, 2014

Chickens and captured wild birds are displayed for sale along a street in Hanoi on April 4, 2013. Vietnam on April 3 announced an immediate ban on all Chinese poultry imports and stepped up border controls after its northern neighbour reported two deaths from a new strain of bird flu.     AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH Nam

Chickens and captured wild birds are displayed for sale along a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, in this April 4, 2013 file photo. While countries watch out for the bird flu, authorities in Puerto Rico are preoccupied with looking for thieves who stole $28,000 worth of chicken. AFP

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Which came first, the chicken or the eggs? For thieves in Puerto Rico this week, it was the eggs.

Days after police reported that thieves stole nearly half a million eggs from a north coast warehouse, authorities reported Saturday that someone stole 20,000 pounds (9,072 kilograms) of chicken.

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The thieves made off with the poultry from a truck parked outside of a warehouse in the island’s central region.

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Police said the chicken is worth $28,000. No one has been arrested.

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