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Suspected Plane Piece Lands On Philly Home's Roof
Gang Steals '145 Tons of Chicken' In Bizarre Heist of Up To '55k Birds'
By Rebecca Robinson
A gang of 30 thieves risk up to 20 years behind bars for executing one of the rarest major heists of all time after stealing an outrageous 133 tonnes of chicken.
The chicken was
stolen from a state-owned facility in Havana, the capi- tal city of Cuba, as the thieves made away with 1,660 boxes full of poultry.
They then tried to peddle the stolen goods on the streets in order to buy a variety of luxury items including laptops, televi- sions, refrigerators, and air conditioners.
Although authorities haven't specified the exact date of the chicken theft, they sus- pect it occurred between the hours of midnight and 2am. This timing coincided with detected temperature irregularities within the cold storage facility.
Video surveillance footage captured trucks ferrying
the stolen chicken off-site.
Among those implicated in the crime are shift supervi- sors, IT personnel, security guards, and external indi- viduals not directly affiliated with the company.
Their enormous loot equat- ed to an estimated 33,000 to 53,000 chickens, based on the average weight of a hen.
Rigoberto Mustelier, director of the government food dis- tributor COPMAR, lamented that the stolen quantity rep- resented a month's worth of chicken rations for an entire average-sized province.
This incident unfolded against the backdrop of a profound economic crisis in Cuba, where the availability of chicken via the ration book system has dwindled significantly in recent years.
The system implemented after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, aimed to provide subsidized staples to all citi- zens.
By Ben Hooper
Feb. 8 (UPI) -- An 8-foot metal object wound up on the roof of a Philadelphia home and the house's resi- dents said they suspect it may have fallen from a plane.
Sara and Fabian Lima said they first spotted the object on the roof of their home in the Mount Airy neighbor- hood on Tuesday and they were left baffled as to how it had gotten there.
"It looks exactly like a plane window section," Fabian Lima told CBS Philadelphia. "I have not heard of any planes miss- ing doors in this area, so I have a hard time saying that was a straight face, but it's the only thing I can think of."
The couple said they believe the object may have fallen from a plane, but they did not hear it land on their roof.
A team of inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration visited the couple's home Wednesday to take photos of the object, which has now been removed from the roof.
The Limas said the inspec- tors asked them to keep the object safe until the investigation is completed.
A Chicago family experi- enced a similar situation in July of last year when an evacuation slide fell from a plane approaching O'Hare International Airport and struck their house.
The slide caused damage to the roof shingles, down- spout and a kitchen window screen before ending up in the back yard.
FAA investigators deter- mined a United Airlines Boeing 767 that had landed at O'Hare moments after the impact was missing its slide.
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