Posted on 07/26/2007 1:21:32 PM PDT by Clive
GUELPH, Ont. (CP) - A Hamilton man was found today bound and gagged inside a car in a commuter parking lot near Highway 401 south of Guelph, Ont.
The 53-year-old man told police he was driving a tractor-trailer in Toronto when his rig was hijacked.
He says he was then driven to the parking lot and left in the car.
Police say they have no information on the location of the stolen truck and the load it was carrying.
The unidentified man was found in the car at about 6 a.m. by another commuter, who alerted police.
“a description of the hijackers would seem appropriate”
Sure would...certainly the driver had some idea of the load he was carrying, wouldn’t he? Truckers?
Is it normal for a truck driver to NOT know what his load is?
What piqued my curiosity was a recent hijacking of a load of "pills" worth $4 million!
... can you say 'inside job?'
The temperature in Guelph today is 27 degrees Celsius.
In Toronto, with about the same temperatute today, I just moved my son's car. The interior was like an oven. Everything was too hot to touch.
Given the area I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a load of cigarettes. At $9/pack retail they’re very tempting for crooks and a load of cigarettes was hijacked near here a few days ago.
It's algore's fault........
Even if the trailer was pre-loaded before the driver sttached it to his tractor, he would know from where he accepted the trailer and possibly also what was the cargo. From that information, the police can ascertain what was the cargo.
That is unless it was a security shipment such as a load of banknotes, in which case the Horsemen will be all over the case like a wet blanket.
Henry: But what Jimmy really loved to do, what he really loved to do was steal. He actually enjoyed it. Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in movies.
Jimmy: Give me your wallet. You might know who we are, but we know who you are.
Henry: He was one of the biggest highjackers...of booze, cigarettes, razor blades, shrimp and lobsters. Shrimp and lobsters were best. They went fast. Almost all of them were gimmies. They just gave it up, no problem. They called him Jimmy the Gent.
Jimmy: Help the lady.
Henry: Drivers loved him. They used to tip him off...about the really good loads, of course, everybody got a piece.
Female Crossing guard: Thanks Jimmy, I’ll be back for the rest later.
Jimmy: Henry, come here. Meet Tommy. Youse gonna be working together, okay? Good.
Police Officer: Jimmy, you get anything good?
Henry: And when the cops assigned a whole army to stop Jimmy, what did he do? He made them partners.
Police Officer: They’d complain, but who’d listen?
Many of these rigs now have wireless telemetry devices so the home company can monitor the driving, location and load environment every step of the way. If this rig didn’t have such a device you’ve got to start thinking the bad guys were getting info from inside.
Wow, that's a nice and cool summer at 81 F. It hits 50+ Celsius in the Southwest. Even in Cleveland we top 35 C a few times each year.
The ‘device’ is an overturned bowl sort of thing ... on top of the cab ... clearly visable. No inside job necesary
Yeah, after I thought about it more I figured there would have to be an exposed antenna somewhere which the bad guys could just break off or smash.
Same here. It was relatively cool today, although the air was pretty thick. I think we’ve seen 36 once so far this summer, which was pretty warm. Nothing like down south, of course.
Unless I am seriously mistaken, all GPS tracking is on the tractor.
If not, give me 40 seconds and a sledgehammer, and I can deal with any tracking device on the trailer.
I can think of a simple way to deal with that, but this is not the time and place...
They guy is lucky he’s not dead.
But there are other parts of these "data tracker" systems. Especially in refrigerated traiers, the container is loaded with sensors which all connect to the network - it's hardwired into a collector unit which beams out the data. The refer haulers want to be able to show the temperature of the tailer never got below a certain point, so as to prevent spoilage claims based on low temps during transport. As you said though, any hijacker is going to know how to smash the antenna and disable the unit.
Cops find empty trailers belonging to hijacked big rig, truck still missing
Published Friday July 27th, 2007
TORONTO (CP) - Police say they’ve found the trailers belonging to a big rig hijacked earlier this week.
Toronto police say a 53-year-old man was forced from his tractor-trailer while he was driving in Toronto at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
The man was found bound, gagged and stuffed into a car parked in a commuter parking lot on Highway 6, south of Highway 401, in Guelph early Thursday morning.
He was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.
Police say the truck was carrying about 20,000 kilograms of nickel oxide sinter, also known as “nickel sand.”
Authorities say they’ve recovered the two trailers but not the product or the truck.
The stolen vehicle is described as a 2004 International truck with Ontario licence plate number 524 2PB.
Police continue to investigate the case and are asking any witnesses to come forward.
http://www.canadaeast.com/news/article/38926
What would they steal this for??
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