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Deputies Find 18,000 Pounds of Toilet Paper In
Stolen Tractor-trailer Truck
WHITSETT, N.C. —
Deputies with the Guilford County Sheriff's Office discovered 18,000 pounds of toilet paper in stolen tractor- trailer truck during a traffic stop
Wednesday.
Sheriff Danny Rogers said deputies initiated a traffic investiga- tion involving the 18-wheeler along Interstate 40 in Whitsett after a motor vehicle law
violation.
Investigators said they followed the vehicle to a ware- house/dock facili- ty a short dis- tance off of the interstate and encountered the driver.
Deputies deter- mined the 53-foot Hyundai dry-van trailer was report- ed stolen locally and was being utilized to trans- port nearly 18,000 pounds of commercial bath-
room paper prod- ucts.
Deputies said the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
As the coron- avirus outbreak
spreads in North Carolina and the United States, toi- let paper has a become the ulti- mate symbol of panic buying in grocery stores and supermar- kets.
Georgia Pacific, the maker of Angel Soft and Quilted Northern toilet paper, said that last week, some orders from retailers nearly doubled. The company man- aged to ship out 20% more than its normal capaci- ty.
And the American Forest & Paper Association, an industry group representing paper product makers, noted the industry is working hard to respond to the sudden spike in demand
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