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Fri Mar 20, 2020, 12:21 PM Mar 2020

Looking for toilet paper? Guilford deputies find stolen truck full of it.

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Looking for toilet paper? Guilford deputies find stolen truck full of it.

Lee Newspapers 21 hrs ago

A stolen tractor-trailer hauling about 18,000 pounds of commercial, bathroom paper products, was found Wednesday by deputies, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

WHITSETT — It was a heist of pandemic proportions: a truck filled with box upon box of toilet paper.

Deputies pulled over the stolen truck Wednesday and found it was hauling about 18,000 pounds of commercial, bathroom paper products, the Guilford County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Deputies followed the truck to a warehouse just off Interstate 40 in Whitsett and discovered the cargo, which is in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Capt. Daryl Loftis told the Associated Press the cargo included a mixture of paper towels, toilet paper and other commercial products.

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Looking for toilet paper? Guilford deputies find stolen truck full of it. (Original Post) sl8 Mar 2020 OP
At least the cops have something to go on... NT mwooldri Mar 2020 #1
Oh, that's bad. sl8 Mar 2020 #2
... littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #4
Thanks sl8. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #3

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