They have gone crazy.
A team of 30 people allegedly stole 133 tons of chicken from a state facility in Cuba and sold it on the street to buy technology and appliances.
The “birds” game was committed by shift managers, IT workers and security guards at the Havana plant, according to a state broadcast on Friday.
Authorities did not say exactly when the 1,660 boxes of meat flew out of the chicken coop, but they suspect it occurred between midnight and 2 a.m. on a day when the temperature in the cold facility fluctuated.
Surveillance footage captured trucks transporting the chicken off site.
The criminals took to the streets to sell the chicken and used the money to buy refrigerators, laptops, televisions and air conditioners.
The popular poultry is among the rationed products in the communist country and has been harder to come by in recent years. Cuba is going through a years-long economic crisis that has caused shortages of food, medicine and fuel.
A team of 30 people stole more than 130 tons of chicken from a state facility in Havana, Cuba, and sold it on the streets, state media reported. REUTERS
Chicken is rationed in Cuba and has been harder to come by due to an economic crisis that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine. Getty Images/iStockphoto
The loot was not chicken feed: it was equivalent to an entire month’s ration of chicken for a medium-sized province, according to Rigoberto Mustelier, director of the government food distributor COPMAR.
Large-scale robberies are rare on the Caribbean island, but crime has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The suspects, who included others not connected to the facility, could face up to 20 years in prison.
With post cables
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Source: vtt.edu.vn